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==Early Stages==

==Early Stages==

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.<ref name="wired"></ref>

The project first began in 1997, after [[Google]]'s [[Vinton 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.<ref name="wired"></ref>

Cerf has called the existing system "the front end of what could be an evolving and expanding interplanetary backbone."<ref name="wired"></ref>

Cerf has called the existing system "the front end of what could be an evolving and expanding interplanetary backbone."<ref name="wired"></ref>