Talk about a digital divide. NASA is making plans to create an "Internet in space" so that space probes can more easily communicate with home base.
Fascinating.
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March 15th, 2006 · 1 Comment
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Talk about a digital divide. NASA is making plans to create an "Internet in space" so that space probes can more easily communicate with home base.
Fascinating.
Tags: Science
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coolcatteacher // Mar 15th 2006 at 6:03 pm
This is a great concept and actually, I saw Vinton Cerf talk about it in a Masters of Technology video I just bought to show computer science. It is a great video and he says that a new protocol is needed for space because of the distances that will be traveled.
He says that TCP/IP is fine for milliseconds but that data leaving earth may take 5-20 minutes to reach even relatively near planets and spacecraft so he is designing a new protocol with that in mind. On the spacecraft and planets, he things TCP/IP is the way to go.
We had a great discussion about this. I always tell my students “If nobody says it’s dumb, you’re too late and missed it.”
This is a vital occurence and thank you for blogging about it!
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