"Space, the final frontier ..." so begins a known television series and the same thought must pass through the minds working for NASA (obviously) who are testing a communication network space based on the principle of TCP / IP, the protocol space is called: Disruption-Tolerant Networking .
The problem that when NASA wants to communicate with its own probe, possibly on Mars, are innumerable sophisticated calculations to find the appropriate time to notice that as point to point carries all the problems that we too, in small, on Earth.
Thus was born the idea of being able to connect the cradle to the ground and a possible probe into space, not directly, but through a "network" of satellites that act as routers.
Satellites are already 'been shipped in the most remote corners of the solar system and therefore now thought to think how to take advantage.
Through this network will greatly bring down the costs of connection, making communication more effective and immediate.
NASA said that there are already 10 active nodes tested and working.
And considering the future missions: Return to the Moon and sending humans to Mars for the first time, this network lays a solid foundation for successful missions!
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This post WAS written by admin on November 24, 2008