Super interesting! But I feel like there is a bit of a conclusion missing for me.
So 1500 Photons hit the receiver per bit send, but this is obviously way to few to keep processing the signal and it will just be drowned out by noise? Where do we go from here? Does voyager repeat its signal gazillions of times so we can average out the noise on our end? Where can I find more information on what is done with these few photons?
https://youtu.be/zfaK4Hz0Na8
It actually made me appreciate how impressive and serious this discipline is, despite all the funky-looking gear.