Interplanetary Internet passes test

Tim Rommes, Washington, UT — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:37:20 GMT

20 minute message delay, I think I used to have that service. I'm afraid I couldn't figure out from the article how this architecture works as you get a great number of points up. I can see it with just a few. Is it supposed to branch into local networks to handle the (future) masses? Earth Internet -- DTN -- Mars Colony Internet? Or is it just a work horse to handle NASA?

Interplanetary Internet passes test

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Interplanetary Internet passes test

Chad, Atlanta, Ga — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:07:55 GMT

It works kind of like mail servers today. A mail server will pass on an email to another mail server (called relaying) and thus another mail server. so on and so forth.
Eventually it will reach the destination server. However, if this server (or any other server in the chain) is down or busy, the prior email server will retain the message and will continue to try to send the message until a set time has elapsed (in which you get a return email saying it could not find the destination server).

The technology has been around for awhile but is really elementary. Perhaps the new NASA network will make educated responses, like try a different server that it knows has a path to the destination server.

Interplanetary Internet passes test

Ron Bennett, Surprise, Arizona — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:23:18 GMT

That’s a good start maybe someday they will have a permanent link in place to Mars that will fulfill my dream of having a "Adventure Rides And Theater Quality Video Made From Footage Of Mars By A Commercially Funded Robotic Expedition" I presented at the Mars Society Conference in 2005, see PDF below for copy of presentation.

http://shineinnovations.com/media/
Theater_Quality_Video_From_Mars_MSC_2005.pdf

Interplanetary Internet passes test

dibyajyoti nanda,cuttack,orissa ,india — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:45:17 GMT

it's a great achievement for the new generation communication.it may help us to communicate between other planet in which we think life is present.

Interplanetary Internet passes test

Eric, Salinas, CA — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:44:42 GMT

Now that we have deep space internet all we need is deep space places where humans work and live. I sure hope that we get some bases set up on the moon and someday on Mars. I so envy the younger set who will witness seeing humans land on Mars and set up a base there.

Interplanetary Internet passes test

Beedworp, Sector 271 Hezfro of Alpha Proxima — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:33:41 GMT

I'm hoping for the Bell's Theorem spooky-action-at-a-distance communication technology.

Interplanetary Internet passes test

Drew P, Brooklyn New York — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:47:00 GMT

What a great article, and what a great bit of technology. With the next federal R&D budget on the horizon, I hope the impact of DTN is perceived well, and perceived correctly. The capabilities of a DTN network give rise to many new terrestrial and non-terrestrial innovations, such as Earth-based research networks or in using far-away probes to act as relay stations for data from even father-away probes. The lifespan of space-faring technology often exceeds the engineer's expectations (laser relays on the moon planted by Apollo I astronauts are still utilized daily), and the problem of collecting data from fast-traveling and far-seeing probes in a timely and cost-efficient process is becoming a real concern. Hopefully the DTN tech will see increased and continual research, funding, and public attention.

Interplanetary Internet passes test

Dennis, Renville, Mn — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:52:43 GMT

This is great. We have been waiting for this technology for some time. Using satellite connections for terrestrial Internet connection means a manditory .5 second delay both up and down. This greatly limits the use of that connection. This will be very much appreciated in remote/rural areas.

Interplanetary Internet passes test

Tim Rommes, Washington, UT — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:23:03 GMT

Thanks Chad. I guess no streaming video or most gaming in deep space.

Interplanetary Internet passes test

Bob, Altanta, GA USA — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:19:58 GMT

I was told that computing pioneer Carl Hammer reported a Russian (then the USSR) network using telephony that tolerated faults that were hours in length. So, maybe there's nothing new here.

Interplanetary Internet passes test

DivineOracle, Seattle, Wash — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:39:04 GMT

Voyant International Corp - http://www.voyant.net

These guys have a stable of tech that can make DTN a success. They already have a cutting edge web/file acceleration tech (Rocketstream) and have also started manufacturing smart white space radios (WSR).

DTN can be combined with their Rocketstream and WSR technologies to create smart DTN devices that perform the following:

1. Detect if other network/devices are available (Voyant WSR - software-defined radio technology, spectrum-sensing)

2. If network not available, store packets (Rocketstream - data compression, encryption)

3. If network is available, connect to the network, send packets in bursts (Rocketstream - data acceleration, compression, encryption, CRC checks, acknowledge)