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Space Internet to Link Worlds by 2011?

news.nationalgeographic.com — Tweets from the moon are only the beginning: Scientists have created a revolutionary communications program that will reach the edges of outer space.

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  • HCviolence, on 07/11/2009, -2/+49We now have a new location for thepiratebay servers. Ahoy space pirates.
  • 1rage, on 07/11/2009, -3/+41That TF2 server on mars is damn laggy!
  • nahsrocketeer75, on 07/10/2009, -2/+33FTA: "The Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) system, which entered another phase of testing this week, will allow astronauts to Google from the moon or tweet their observations from space." ... They'll be able to use Twitter? No wonder it's called Disruption Tolerant Networking.
  • Veni_Vidi_Vici, on 07/11/2009, -0/+20Ping times run in the 15 minute range.
  • inactive, on 07/11/2009, -0/+20PORN... IN....SPAAAAAAACE!
  • inactive, on 07/11/2009, -0/+17I can't wait till the aliens see /b/
  • Xaevier, on 07/11/2009, -1/+16Now everyone will know when their favorite astronaut is taking a dump!
  • WarriorBlake, on 07/11/2009, -1/+14Drop the $50 and get a Linksys. Flash with DD-WRT. Done.
  • sjbdallas, on 07/11/2009, -3/+16Finally! I have an email i've been wanting to send to Uranus for months.
  • kcmedic, on 07/11/2009, -0/+12And it will still be cheaper than sending SMS across town.
  • BrandonJM, on 07/10/2009, -0/+12But what will become of the tubes?
  • GorfTron, on 07/11/2009, -1/+12How about a wireless router that does not flake out every 30 minutes?
  • twiztidsinz, on 07/11/2009, -0/+10So this means ISPs will be out of business given our now universal wifi?
  • N01SE, on 07/11/2009, -0/+9It'll be like living in a snowglobe up there.
  • Dustmuffins, on 07/11/2009, -0/+9Space pirates?

    *****. Yes.
  • TobiasParker, on 07/11/2009, -0/+9They're like pirates! But in Space!
  • doctordbx, on 07/11/2009, -2/+11Buried for "Tweets from the Moon".
  • Chak2007, on 07/11/2009, -0/+8dugg for futurama quote
  • omae, on 07/11/2009, -4/+12They renamed that planet to finally put that joke to rest, its now called Urectum
  • TobiasParker, on 07/11/2009, -0/+7and here i was thinking they broke the speed of light.
  • matthekc, on 07/11/2009, -0/+6.........o o
    ........ )-(
    .......(O O)
    .........\=/ ~ What has been seen cannot be unseen...
    .........-"-.
    .......//\ /\\
    ...._// / \ \\_
    ...=./ {,-.} \.=
    ........|| ||
    ........|| ||
    ....__|| ||__
    ....`---" "---'


  • blipblopblip, on 07/11/2009, -0/+6Step 1: Colonize another planet
    Step 2: Install cisco gear
    Step 3: 4chan takes over the universe
  • Hraes, on 07/11/2009, -0/+5Loooooong tubes.
  • inactive, on 07/11/2009, -1/+6Interstellar Twitter? Great for narcissistic aliens. Yay. CNN should love this crap.
  • andy9590, on 07/11/2009, -0/+5DD-WRT= WIN
  • bigbangbuddha, on 07/11/2009, -0/+5In space no one can hear you tweet
  • inactive, on 07/11/2009, -0/+5You're fragged before ya know it. How creepy is that? It's in your destiny!
  • jasdf, on 07/11/2009, -0/+5I can't wait to see theirs.
  • WarriorBlake, on 07/11/2009, -0/+4You can tweet from the moon yet i cant get fast internet where I'm at?

    /facepalm
  • CarStan, on 07/11/2009, -0/+4oh nose, even more n00bs on the inter(stellar)webs
  • enjoiskating811, on 07/11/2009, -0/+4We still won't be able to invade the bugger home world though...
  • Culyt, on 07/12/2009, -0/+4Actually it would be a minimum of 20, and a maximum of 80 depending on where Mars is in relation to Earth at the time. Pings are there and back again.
  • WocCixelsyd, on 07/12/2009, -0/+4It should be dubbed the "Extranet" like in Mass Effect.
  • inactive, on 07/11/2009, -0/+3That's why you play on the chess server mars_chess
  • Almightymole, on 07/11/2009, -0/+3Tubes will use warping of space in order to span great distances.
  • primatage, on 07/11/2009, -2/+5LOL
  • ChileanGoD, on 07/11/2009, -0/+3It will use..... *dramatic pause*.... electromagnetic waves!
  • Hraes, on 07/11/2009, -0/+3Did anyone say it wouldn't...?
  • Mpwns, on 07/11/2009, -1/+4hack the universe!
  • Chak2007, on 07/11/2009, -0/+3dont give the phone companies any ideas, can you imagine those new roaming charges?
  • krusader3z, on 07/11/2009, -0/+3Best routers I've ever owned came from a company called ZyXEL
  • acegi, on 07/11/2009, -0/+3all you gotta do to remove that ping is to use an engineer on the each end of the connection.
  • inactive, on 07/12/2009, -0/+3Click link. Wait 20 minutes for a response... wooo futuristic packet-shaped space internet....
  • inactive, on 07/12/2009, -0/+2Don't tell the government.
  • swicken, on 07/12/2009, -0/+2OMG THEYLL HAVE MY DATAS
  • freakFlag, on 07/11/2009, -0/+2Space dumps are a cruel process, its like a shop vac on uranus ...

    BA zing ... Digg me down :( ... I deserve it
  • Toomanyjoes, on 07/11/2009, -0/+2Knew it a year ago, it's mentioned in this Google Rap Video

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeRXZJ2OHaM
  • DriXiLB, on 07/11/2009, -0/+2The DTN system will only mean a smaller loss of data. It's still going to take hundreds of years to send a signal to another solar system.
  • inactive, on 07/12/2009, -0/+2i hope their rocket blow up and they all die. ***** their economic terrorism.
  • Mpwns, on 07/11/2009, -0/+2i take it as a comedy, its a good movie from that point of view.
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