NASA's Deep Space Network Extends its Reach

Posted by tourdemars to Interplanetary Internet at June 13, 2001 12:00 PM

For worldwide webaholics a glitch-free, fast and powerful computer along with unlimited speed and access to the Internet is a dream come true. You can reach anything and anyone with the right amount of bandwidth and the correct software. Fast communication has never been easier. In space, however, no one can hear you Instant Messaging. For the computer console jockeys that monitor humanity’s ever-growing fleet of deep space satellites and spacecraft, they want bigger, faster and more powerful ways to communicate.