NASA Tests First Nodes Of Interplanetary Internet

SPACE NET: Engineers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have transmitted dozens of space images to and from the Epoxi spacecraft, marking what the agency calls the first step in creating “an interplanetary Internet.” The team used software called Disruption-Tolerant Networking (DTN), which sends...

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