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Vint Cerf Preps Interplanetary Internet Protocol

Posted by timothy on from the would-be-helpful-at-the-jupiter-hotel-too dept.

TechFiends32 writes "After years of working with NASA to bring Internet connectivity to deep space, scientists say Vint Cerf's efforts may be nearing completion. To combat the apparent challenges of extending the Internet into space (such as meteors and weighty, high-powered antennas), Cerf and others have made significant efforts, like adjusting satellite-based IP, and working on delay-tolerant networking (DTN) to address pure IP's limitations in space. According to principal engineer at The Mitre Corp., Keith Scott, 'The 2010 goal is designed to bring DTN to a sufficient level of maturity to incorporate it into designs for robotic and human lunar exploration.'"

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  1. Re:mooncam by __aapbzv4610 · · Score: 5, Informative

    actually there is no such thing as an earthrise on the moon, as the moon does not 'rotate' in relation to it's movement around the earth. At any point on the surface of the moon facing the earth, the earth will always be in the same point in the sky, always.

  2. Re:mooncam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wrong.
    Libration causes the visible face of the moon to oscillate slightly.
    Therefore, you can see an Earthrise from certain points on the moon without being in motion relative to the moon yourself.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libration