Re: Cerf, Internet Inventor Wants Internet To Reach Into Space


From Peter Wainwright <pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date Sat, 25 Jul 1998 23:56:45 +0100 (BST)

On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Mark Reiff wrote:

> : Cerf said it would soon be possible to send real-time science data on
> the Internet from a space
> : mission orbiting another planet such as Mars.
 
> What about that multi-million mile net-lag?

Well it's only a few minutes you know. Actually this makes email to Mars
a lot more useful than, say, a telephone call. And then we'll have
interplanetary junk-mail to look forward to. 

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References:
Cerf, Internet Inventor Wants Internet To Reach Into Space
From: Mark Reiff <mreiff1@xxxxxxxxxx>





	

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