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NASA Fires Up Experimental Space Internet For Robot Control

Posted by timothy on from the vint-cerf-is-up-there-even-now-controlling-it dept.

coondoggie writes "NASA said today it had teamed with the European Space Agency to successfully test an experimental version of an 'interplanetary Internet' to control a robot on the ground in Germany from a laptop onboard the International Space Station."

3 of 42 comments (clear)

  1. Ping by Sla$hPot · · Score: 2, Funny

    Whats is the ping time for Proxima Centauri gonna be?
    (2260080*2)s + ~10ms ?

  2. Robots, space ? by captain_dope_pants · · Score: 3, Funny

    If we're controlling robots from space then I for one welcome our new robotic underlords.

    --
    while (true != false) process_more_stupid_code();
  3. Re:It's not a separate internet by nospam007 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Jeesh, it is a separate network, not a new "internet"."

    You mean I cannot spam the robot with lubrication-Ads?