Vint Cerf & Interplanetary Internet

Mark Andrews marka at isc.org
Thu Oct 22 03:56:54 UTC 2020


It wouldn’t be NANOG.  Perhaps LUNOG or MOONOG.

> On 22 Oct 2020, at 14:07, scott weeks <surfer at mauigateway.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> *From:* NANOG <nanog-bounces+ops.lists=gmail.com at nanog.org> on behalf of Rod Beck <rod.beck at unitedcablecompany.com>
>> https://www.quantamagazine.org/vint-cerfs-plan-for-building-an-internet-in-space-20201021/
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> 
> On 10/21/20 2:27 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> 
> Right. This means we are going to catch a spaceship for a future nanog / have
> interplanetary governance federation debates with space aliens from Andromeda,
> and we will finally run out of v6 and ipv9 will rule the roost while there’s a
> substantial aftermarket + hijack scene going on for the last remaining v6 blocks.
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> 
> 
> More like IP to Nokia's new cell network on the moon:
> 
> https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/oct/20/talking-on-the-moon-nasa-and-nokia-to-install-4g-on-lunar-surface
> (Everyone on the moon will want to have access to LOL cats!)
> 
> Or... using DTN (https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/dtn/about) to reach Mars and other
> planets by being relayed through communications relay satellites similar to the
> Mars Telecommunication Orbiter (canceled),  Mars Odyssey or Mars
> Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.
> 
> Or... IP to robots visiting other non-planet objects in the solar system like
> comets/asteroids:
> https://spacenews.com/osiris-rex-touches-down-on-asteroid
> https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47293317
> 
> Or... <insert something I haven't though of here>
> 
> The IPI idea has been around for a long time now:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplanetary_Internet
> 
> The main question is will NANOG On The Road meet on the moon?  I missed
> the only Hawaii one, so maybe I could make the moon one!
> 
> scott

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