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I looked into this in 2007 - 2008, when I was in college. I was doing a NASA internship, working on an engineering study of IP communication over deep space li
by phaedrus 9y ago
I looked into this in 2007 - 2008, when I was in college. I was doing a NASA internship, working on an engineering study of IP communication over deep space links. However my directive concerned IP protocol specifically. DTN was an interesting case study to me, but we weren't trying to use the DTN protocol so I never tried to actually set it up. I thought it was a neat idea, but I hadn't kept up with developments in that field since then.
- calgoo 9y agoI think of this as well, especially when looking towards the future with Mars colonies etc. However, I see it as a mix of data dumps of the internet as we know it and some sort of email system as well.
- jvanderbot 9y agoI actually think IoT is a great application, as devices become producers, but also relays for messaging. The use case for this functionality is orbiter relay, but there's nothing to prevent any moving agent to be a "router" in DTN, no matter how long it's offline.
- idoescompooters 9y agoIt's definitely the key to the networking link to Mars. Whether it will involve lasers or RF, I don't know, but an IP system won't work.