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Interplanetary Network (IPN) Tested

Posted by michael on from the token-ring dept.

CETS writes "Slim on detail but...USA Today reports of the first test of an Interplanetary Network. 'In a sign of cosmic communications to come, last week mission controllers sent signals to a Mars-orbiting European spacecraft, which relayed the instructions to NASA's Spirit rover on the surface, and a signal was returned to Earth back along the same path.'" NASA also has a press release.

3 of 138 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Latency! by FannyMinstrel · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Oh, what the fuck!
    I said Text, you stupid bastard!
    Here it is as it was meant to be.

    ping marsrover.dsn.gov

    ping reply from marsrover.dns.gov 159649 ttl=320000 size=64

    ping reply from marsrover.dns.gov 134572 ttl=320000 size=64

    ping reply from marsrover.dns.gov 152142 ttl=320000 size=64

    ping reply from marsrover.dns.gov 168453 ttl=320000 size=64

    Sent: 10 Recieved: 4 Packet Loss : 60% Min/Avrg/Max : 134572, 153704, 168453

    (Stupid Lameness Filter! Reason: Please use fewer 'junk' characters. Reason: Please use fewer 'junk' characters.)

  2. Ping thread by eap · · Score: 3, Redundant

    Please place all ping mars with time=(large number) jokes under this thread.

    Thank you

  3. Interplanetary Internet Spam by Shafe · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "The IPN would behave more like e-mail. Data could be stored at any of various hubs around the solar system and transmitted to their destination via the best path at the moment."

    I wonder what the first IPN spam message will be...