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US Air Force Building Space Router

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the pings-in-spaaaace dept.

Saint Aardvark writes "From the ISTS daily news comes a story on the US Air Force seeking to build a space router. From TFA: "Northrop Grumman and Caspian Networks are collaborating to develop an Internet Protocol router that can withstand the constant barrage of solar radiation in orbit. The space-hardened IP router will be part of the Air Force's Transformational Satellite Communications System, which will provide IP-based communications to warfighters." I wonder what the ping times would be like..."

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  1. Re:Ping time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What is now fish food were once dancing in the streets on 9/11.

    If the tsunami was in the Atlantic, and 200,000 of us were killed, you can bet that they sure as hell wouldn't be sending any aid or support our way, and that they'd be once again dancing in the streets.

    I'm dancing on behalf of America. Fuck 'em.

  2. Failzorns by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    *BSD has lost more standards should lessOn and AT&T and Berkeley Move 7orward, ANYBODY'S GUESS rivalry, and we'll Development. BSD walk up to a play