NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad
[ NNSquad ] Extending TCP/IP (to orbit)
----- Forwarded message from Dave Farber <dave@farber.net> ----- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:41:45 -0500 From: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net> Subject: [IP] Extending TCP/IP Reply-To: dave@farber.net To: ip <ip@v2.listbox.com> Begin forwarded message: > From: Randall Webmail <rvh40@insightbb.com> > Date: January 22, 2010 11:16:07 AM EST > To: johnmacsgroup@yahoogroups.com, dewayne@warpspeed.com, dave@farber.net > Subject: Extending TCP/IP > > NASA EXTENDS THE WORLD WIDE WEB OUT INTO SPACE > > HOUSTON -- Astronauts aboard the International Space Station received > a special software upgrade this week - personal access to the > Internet and the World Wide Web via the ultimate wireless connection. > > > Expedition 22 Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer made first use of the new > system Friday, when he posted the first unassisted update to his > Twitter account, @Astro_TJ, from the space station. Previous tweets > from space had to be e-mailed to the ground where support personnel > posted them to the astronaut's Twitter account. > > "Hello Twitterverse! We r now LIVE tweeting from the International > Space Station -- the 1st live tweet from Space! :) More soon, send > your ?s" > > This personal Web access, called the Crew Support LAN, takes advantage > of existing communication links to and from the station and gives > astronauts the ability to browse and use the Web. The system will > provide astronauts with direct private communications to enhance > their quality of life during long-duration missions by helping to > ease the isolation associated with life in a closed environment. > > During periods when the station is actively communicating with the > ground using high-speed Ku-band communications, the crew will have > remote access to the Internet via a ground computer. The crew will > view the desktop of the ground computer using an onboard laptop and > interact remotely with their keyboard touchpad. > > Astronauts will be subject to the same computer use guidelines as > government employees on Earth. In addition to this new capability, > the crew will continue to have official e-mail, Internet Protocol > telephone and limited videoconferencing capabilities. > > To follow Twitter updates from Creamer and two of his crewmates, ISS > Commander Jeff Williams and Soichi Noguchi, visit: > > http://twitter.com/NASA_Astronauts > > For more information about the space station, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/station ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ----- End forwarded message -----