Commentary

TCP/IP In Space

Go find anything you can on TCP/IP in space. You might start with:

http://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2008/11/epoxi-spacecraft-tests-modified-tcpip-in-outer-space/
http://www.hackingtheuniverse.com/space/space-exploration/tcpip-for-space
http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=562&doc_id=159862
http://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/Seminars/abstracts/sem071901_ab.cfm?force_external=1

I have been unable to find any complete article, but maybe you can. Here is an article that is mostly about Delay-Tolerant Networking (for applications in space).
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/DTN.html Questions to Consider

• Is TCP/IP the best approach, afterall the protocols are not 'bit' conservational?
• What aspects of the TCP/IP protocol suite are applicable to space communication?

Mike Erlinger

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