Boing Boing: Spaced Out on the Interplanetary Internet

Friday, April 9, 2004

posted by David Pescovitz at 08:06:21 AM permalink | Other blogs' comments

suggest a link \| defeat censorware \| rss \| archives \| t-shirts \| digital emporium \| podcast feed \| mark \| cory \| david \| xeni \| john
Support Bloggers' Rights! HOWTO: Get a link posted to Boing Boing Boing Boing Mobile powered by Winksite Fark rules! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution. Boing Boing is a trademark of Happy Mutants LLC in the United States [and other countries]. Stats (About our stats) defeat censorware Policies Our first five years' worth of posts in one file	Friday, April 9, 2004 Spaced Out on the Interplanetary Internet My latest article for TheFeature.com is online. It's about the Interplanetary Internet, NASA's effort to extend cyberspace into outerspace. TCP/IP co-inventor Vint Cerf is one of the project leaders. I hadn't heard much about InterPlanet since it was first announced in 1998, so I was surprised to find out that their open source architecture code had recently been publicly released. A ".mars" address is still quite a few years off, but the latest InterPlaNet research may have applications on Earth-based connectivity as well. Link posted by David Pescovitz at 08:06:21 AM permalink \| Other blogs' comments Email this entry to: Your email address: Message (optional):	Boing Boing Sponsored by: Your Text Ad Here Get BB by email: