Engineers and Inventors

Mission possible: The Internet in space (IT World)

20 Nov 2008

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- In space, no one can hear you scream. But scoring an Internet hookup suddenly isn't out of the question. NASA scientists have developed software they hope will lead to an Internet-like network in deep space. It's not that astronauts will be watching "Alien" on Hulu.com.

E-mail in zero G: NASA develops network for space (KATU Portland)

20 Nov 2008

The goal of the technology NASA has been testing is to get spacecraft to communicate in a networked way like computers now do on Earth. It will make missions easier to manage.

E-mail in zero G: NASA develops network for space (Las Vegas Sun)

20 Nov 2008

Wed, Nov 19, 2008 (2:42 p.m.) In space, no one can hear you scream. But scoring an Internet hookup suddenly isn't out of the question. NASA scientists have developed software they hope will lead to an Internet-like network in deep space. It's not that astronauts will be watching "Alien" on Hulu.com.