Houston, Can You Hear Me Now?
NASA and the British National Space Centre are working on a trial phone service on the Moon. Satellites will allow astronauts at a lunar base on the south pole of the moon to talk with each other and with the Earth with a simple phone.
This is a very good idea. It is simple technology, off the shelf, and everyone already knows how to use it.
Quantum Communications
Researchers have sent a cryptographic key 144km (~90 miles) using spooky interaction between entangled quantum particles. This could enable instantaneous communications across the vastness of space.
Written on June 5, 2007 | Posted in Communications | No comment
Interoperability in Space
I was down to my last 30 minutes of air. Why did I come out on this damn solo hike? I was 25 km from Goddard Colony but because of the damn crater ridge, my radio signal can’t get through. Admittedly, this entire hike wasn’t planned well. I have been sitting on this damn spot [...]
Written on May 16, 2007 | Posted in Communications | No comment
