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Unfortunately, you're distance is limited by the length of your cord.
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One more reason why we need an Apollo style crash program to develop technology to get passed these problems.
Here are some promising technologies:
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/eve...r_zeolite.html
http://sbir.gsfc.nasa.gov/SBIR/succe...s/105text.html