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NASA Tests First Deep-Space Internet

physorg.com — "This is the first step in creating a totally new space communications capability, an interplanetary Internet," said Adrian Hooke, team lead and manager of space-networking architecture, technology and standards at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

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  • kyle90, on 11/19/2008, -0/+4So what's the IP address of the spacecraft? I want to ping it and see the 200,000ms latency.

    You think your multiplayer games are laggy *now*...
  • inactive, on 11/19/2008, -0/+1Wow, soon I can have my FTP on the moon.
  • IanLacy, on 11/19/2008, -0/+1Sweet, lolcats in space!
  • zadadka, on 11/19/2008, -0/+1Latency would be roughly 220 seconds to the the craft in question.
    Similarly, it's 3.5 minutes / 210 seconds to Mars at the speed of light, which equates to a 420-second latency for your "ping".
  • RealmDown, on 11/19/2008, -0/+1Use SolarWinds. :-D
  • fluidfoundation, on 11/19/2008, -0/+1Great, now aliens can steal our wifi signal too. Of course, a wardriving starship might look pretty bad ass.
  • sanman, on 11/19/2008, -0/+1so now RIAA is gonna have to start their own space program just to confiscate off-world servers
  • vsujohn2, on 11/19/2008, -0/+1Click.
    Go to bathroom.
    Take a piss.
    Wash Hands.
    Go downstairs.
    Take beer from fridge.
    Read part of Newspaper.
    Scratch your balls.
    Go back upstairs.
    Scratch balls some more.
    Look at your screen.....
    BOOM HEADHOT!!
    Rinse and repeat.
  • lofilotek, on 11/19/2008, -0/+1I wonder what the laws are for torrent sites hosted in space.

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