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Interplanetary Internet

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Interplanetary Internet or Interplanetary Networking is spaced-based network first in its infantile stages of development, with only a few nodes as of May 2013.[1] One of its goals, amongst others, is to connect spacecrafts, satellites, rovers, and orbiters of different planets and comets for the exchange of scientific data.[2]

Early Stages[edit | edit source]

The project first began in 1997, after Google's Vince Cerf and Bob Kahn had consultations with individuals at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The two initially considered TCP/IP protocols, and soon realized that while those were sufficient for communications on Earth, they were insufficient for communications between Earth and Mars.[1]

Cerf has called the existing system "the front end of what could be an evolving and expanding interplanetary backbone."[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Google's Chief Internet Evangelist on Creating the Interplanetary Internet, Wired.com. Published 2013 May 6. Retrieved 2016 April 17.
  2. The Interplanetary Internet Implemented on the GENI Testbed, IEEE.org. Published 2015 December 6. Retrieved 2016 April 17.