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lapfog_1

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2. I hate to tell you this

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 09:15 AM

Oct 2020

but close to 25 years ago I was part of a team that extended the internet to Mars.

many protocol improvements were needed to basic TCP to make it work (start thinking about timeouts and TCP window sizes).

So this isn't exactly ground breaking.

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NASA and Nokia are putting a 4G network on the moon [View all] sl8 Oct 2020 OP

Have the Moon, (Lunarians?) people responded to this idea yet? Newest Reality Oct 2020 #1

I believe they prefer to be called Lunatarians. Hugin Oct 2020 #8

Ah! I see. Thanks for the update. Newest Reality Oct 2020 #9

Happy to help. Hugin Oct 2020 #11

I hate to tell you this lapfog_1 Oct 2020 #2

Geez genxlib Oct 2020 #3

Shhh! Facts like that get in the way of the clickbaitiness JHB Oct 2020 #5

I thought they blew the moon up KatyMan Oct 2020 #4

Not blown up, just blown out of orbit... JHB Oct 2020 #7

in this episode,, AllaN01Bear Oct 2020 #10

Thank god it's 4G and not 5G Silent3 Oct 2020 #6

Whitey on the moon soothsayer Oct 2020 #12