I don't know this belongs to computer science or space science - most likely both anyway here's an article about Interplanetary Internet short extract http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/ontheedge_0305.html the first thing the first colonists on Mars would do will be not setting up an oxygen plant, but uplinking to internet Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! wonder when will I receive spam mail from LGM Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! aka little green men
If i could just add.... I found out yesterday, that <b>all</b> that spam you get, originates from <i>only</i> 180 individuals!
OMG! 180 people? I think I'd be willing to break the law if I got hold of them... Incidently, I wouldn't wanna play a game over the planetary internet Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I think this IPN will be most useful if we have made other planets (or at least, save space object, thus excluding asteroids) habitable, otherwise, poor the scientists, they's be slowly accused to be doing underground activities just because many don't have access to this IPN...
thats to merciful for them! IPN seems like a good idea: many space probes though can communicate through relay probes but many are not compatible with each other, yes standardize the system.
Now we only need their adresses so we can sign them up for every snailmail advertisments known to men. (and sign em up for all the telemarketeers).
cool subject Interplanetary Internet is a tough but intriguing idea. One of the crucial reasons for considering it, is that it provides a much better way for space probes to communicate with Earth. First, the protocols will be standard and of course directly connected to Earth-side Internet. Second, the probe no longer requires an antenna powerful enough to reach the Earth directly. That can save significant weight on antennas and power system. OTOH, the Internet relays would become points of failure. Here's a two year old <a href="http://www.ipnsig.org/reports/memo-ipnrg-arch-00.pdf">paper</a> on the subject. What is significant is that no protocol is mentioned in the paper. TCP won't work because it passes messages back and forth and only closes when the sender is confident that the recipient got the complete message. Probably, some protocol will be built on UDP which sends without verification datagrams to the recipient. Error correction, and an ability to resend missing packets would have to be built into a higher layer on top of UDP. Sending encrypted datagrams should help with the security problems.
more on the subject Google around people, there's gold in them thar hills. Here's an <a href="http://www.ipnsig.org/reports/TCP_IP.pdf">article</a> about two protocols (FTP over TCP and SMTP) that demonstrates far better what the problems are. Here's a proposal for <a href="http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~jfang/deepspace/TCP-Planet.pdf">TCP-Planet</a> which I guess would substitute for TCP. There's a lot of references in these papers I'm citing too. Looks like protocols built on TCP would have to be redone for TCP-Planet. Ie, it's not a plug-in replacement.
It's an interesting idea. As history shows, good communications are essential for building an empire or country, so establishing a fairly reliable commications link with Earth would be important for any future colony. The main problem is the finite speed of light-you can kiss goodbye to any instant messaging, chat, or email.
email to mars wouldn't be so bad. ~3 minutes (depending on the distance at particular times) Moon would be a piece of cake. Also asteroid belt won't be that bad. Venus in unhabitable
When you master microwormhole technology you could have an Interstellar Net; http://www.orionsarm.com/civ/Known_Net.html
