Vint Cerf & Interplanetary Internet

J. Hellenthal jhellenthal at dataix.net
Thu Oct 22 10:27:07 UTC 2020


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 J. Hellenthal

The fact that there's a highway to Hell but only a stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume.

> On Oct 21, 2020, at 22:59, Mark Andrews <marka at isc.org> wrote:
> 
> 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.
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> 
>> 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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