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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. uucp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    uucp. done.

  2. The next story on SlashDot... by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 0, Troll

    The next story on SlashDot will be:
    "Google Announces Plan to Cure Cancer"

    Random VP quoted as, "Fuck, why not? We're burning money on every other non-competency we can think of too."

    Hey editors: how about a limit on the number of vaporware PR pieces from any particular corporation in any given week.