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Whatever Happened To The Mars Network?

Posted by timothy on from the blast-from-the-recent-past dept.

mhw25 writes "There is a NASA/JPL project, conceptualised back in 1999, that proposed to launch a Mars Network. It boldly projected that "Deployment of a prototype Microsat, tentatively scheduled for 2003, would be the first step in creating this Mars "Internet."" With 2003 drawing to a close and no .mars domain registration offered, perhaps it is time NASA and other space agencies to rethink and revisit this worthy project, especially in light of the recent problems faced by the Beagle2."

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  1. Isn't that basically what is happening now? by Eevee · · Score: 2, Informative

    As I understand it, the Beagle 2 probe is supposed to normally communicate via the orbiting platforms.

  2. .mars domain.... by Steve+Cox · · Score: 3, Informative

    From what I remember of this in an IEE lecture, they were thinking a bit bigger than a .mars domain.

    They suggested having .mars.sol and .earth.sol. Gives a bit more room for expansion in the future I guess.....

    Steve.