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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. FP by minimac · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp for me

  3. im outta this server too much lag and campers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nuff said

  4. First by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Post

  5. FP Bitches by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP FP FP

  6. Re:Ping Times by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Major League Baseball 0wnz y3w! Who wants to see me hit some dingers?

  7. Nanotube/Van der Waals tech might show up there by ScentCone · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This month's Scientific America (sorry, can't link to print material, and they don't put the feature stuff on the web site) talks at length about carbon nanotube RAM technology. Quite cool, and worth the issue's cover price. Not news, of course - just a nice profile, and they do mention the approach's native radiation tolerance, ideal for this.

    Here 's a quick intro.

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