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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. How exactly is this news? by Watson+Ladd · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Other spacecraft have talked back to earth continuously. What exactly makes this work new?

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  2. Re:Screw that by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Martian porn downloads plenty fast enough. The problem is the 40 minute lag by which time you've lost interest,

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