How do we extend the Internet to outer space? How do we build a truly “interplanetary” Internet? Today, Monday, May 18, 2015, this topic is being discussed at the 2nd Annual InterPlanetary Networking Conference in Washington, DC, where the focus is on “Delay & Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN)“. Participants include Vint Cerf and teams from NASA, Boeing, the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) and others involved with space exploration.
You can watch the conference live from 9:00am to 5:00pm US EDT (UTC-4):
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This event is sponsored by the Internet Society’s InterPlantary Networking Special Interest Group (IPNSIG). If you are interested in this topic you can join the IPNSIG to connect with others who are interested and be informed of events such as this. You can also follow @IPNSIG on Twitter.