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Wi-Fi, Now Available On the ISS

Posted by timothy on from the shipping-not-included dept.

Grant Henninger writes "Rejoice! The next time you have an extra $20 million and decide to visit the International Space Station you won't need to leave the window to tell all your friends how cool it is. The ISS now has a new Wi-Fi network, so all you'll need to do is fire up Twitterrific and announce how much better you are than your Earth-based friends."

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  1. No mention of internet connectivity by Workaphobia · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There is nothing inherent in the phrase Wi-Fi that mandates that a network is Internet-connected. Indeed, nothing in the "article" suggests any access to the Internet from the station. This appears to just be an extension of their existing LAN.

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  2. wifi network ~= internet connection by catmistake · · Score: 3, Insightful

    contrary to what the summary suggests, wifi doesn't mean internet connection.

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  3. Re:Do they have an Internet connection? by PachmanP · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yeah but the 5 or 6 messages us earthbound folk would send would be drowned out in the noise of the millions of emails from a guy named Dick Strong telling them about ch3ap V1aGr4 and randome Nigerians.

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  4. Re:NASA will probably cooperate by dfjunior · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wouldn't the skin of the ISS function as a Faraday Cage and severely limit transmission of the Wi-Fi signal?