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Building the Interplanetary Internet

Posted by kdawson on from the ping-and-wait dept.

sighted writes "Internet pioneer Vint Cerf, now a Google VP, is leading a NASA effort to create a permanent network link to Mars within the next two years. As Cerf outlined in a recent talk, the 'InterPlaNet' protocol is designed to handle the delay caused by interplanetary distances. A signal traveling between the Earth and Mars can take up to 20 minutes."

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  1. Re:Ping by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ping marsbase.com.mars.sol.milky
    Now it's really future-proof

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