Lessons NASA Can Learn From The Internet
I am sure it is old news to most if not all of Science 2.0s readers that NASA recruited Vint Cerf to help adapt Internet technology to space mission communications in 2000; and that they successfully tested a new protocol in 2008. I have no doubt that the engineers can put together a pretty reliable interplanetary network.
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Source: science20.com