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NASA Taking Ethernet Into Deeper Space

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the once-i-took-it-into-my-bathroom dept.

coondoggie writes "While Ethernet technology has gone places no one would have envisioned 36 years ago, NASA today signed an agreement with a German Ethernet vendor to build highly fault-tolerant networks for space-based applications. TTTech builds a set of time-triggered services called TTEthernet that is implemented on top of standard IEEE802.3 Ethernet. Its technology is designed to enable design of synchronous, highly dependable embedded computing and networking, capable of tolerating multiple faults, the company said."

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  1. Too much Cat-5 by gnick · · Score: 4, Funny

    At those distances, I'd have gone wireless. Wait to string ethernet to the space station until we're done with the space elevator.

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  2. Someone had to do it... by nwf · · Score: 4, Funny

    Would that be Aethernet?

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  3. WRWAN by erroneus · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It might be an interesting project indeed to send out a bunch of peers out into the solar system to relay sensor and communications data. A WRWAN (Wireless Really Wide Area Network) might be the kind of utility that could facilitate more reliable data flow for future exploration projects.

  4. Only one thing to say: by ptomblin · · Score: 4, Funny

    LAAAAG!

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  5. Easy... by RussDavisDotCom · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just set the TCP timeout to 1,586,654,255 seconds. Problem solved. Next.

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  6. Oh noes! by kheldan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Space ethernet + conficker = Skynet???!?

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