NASA Successfully Tests First Deep Space Internet

Capt. Kirk Is That You?

I know, you’re probably going what the heck…. is this some weird online joke? No, it’s for real.

Here’s an excerpt from the actual story recently release by NASA:

PASADENA, Calif. — NASA has successfully tested the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet. Working as part of a NASA-wide team, engineers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., used software called Disruption-Tolerant Networking, or DTN, to transmit dozens of space images to and from a NASA science spacecraft located about 20 million miles from Earth.

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

If you would like to read the rest of the story go to Deep Space Internet

I don’t know, I found this kinda interesting and thought I would share it with you. leave a comment and let me know what you think.

Tip of the day

(Wow, two in one day, you must be special)

There are many ways to make your blog more popular. The first thing you should consider is who your audience is and who you are writing for. You should always write about something that interests you, and that will interest others. You may think that your new kitten is the greatest thing since sliced bread, but there are probably not very many other people who want to read a blog about it. It is best to find a niche audience that is large enough to support a wide readership but not to vague. Who know’s,maybe one day someone could be reading this from a space station in the Alpha Quadrant………it can happen.