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Web Enabled Spacecraft

Posted by michael on from the fluffy-bunny-to-the-rescue dept.

gilgsn writes "Yahoo has an article from space.com about a satellite which will be operated by FTP over TCP/IP on the Internet! The CHIP (Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer) spacecraft will examine the stuff between stars, the so-called void of space that is actually rich with hot gas. The choice of protocol was dictated by economics. I wonder what OS it will run and if communications will be encrypted?"

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  1. Re:FTP and TCP/IP???? by sploxx · · Score: 5, Informative

    There'is actually a proposal for a "space internet" where long ping times, high data loss etc. occur.

    It is called "Interplanetary Internet SIG":
    http://www.ipnsig.org/home.htm

    So... they do not use the common TCP/IP things, but their networking principle is closely related to IP.

  2. Re:PING by Lumpy · · Score: 5, Informative

    amateur radio operatros can do this daily.

    I have "pinged" the dove sattelite at least 20 times in my life, Pinged and sent email to MIR, had a kind-of IRC chat with 2 different Space shuttle missions and have listened to my ping come back from the moon.

    ham radio, you get to do things that other only wish they could do.

    all of this was done at 144-148mhz with standard radio equipment and radio modem called a TNC. MIR was the easiest to contact.... moonbounce requires a friend with no wife and lots of money.

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