An association from scientists, engineers and technicians plans a research flight up to the year 2009 to Mars. Up to then the Marburger association AMSAT wants to send a satellite as well as a probe according to data of a speaker to the neighbour planet of the earth. The association has approximately 1200 members country widely, that work all to a large extent honorary on the project.
September 18th, 2004
Towards an internet in space
The internet, or at least the protocols behind it, are being extended into space. The man credited by many with having created the net, Vint Cerf, explains his vision of an interplanetary net.
September 13th, 2004
Testing Deep Space Laser Communications TelecomDirect News
When astronauts first touch down on Mars, they may talk back to Earth on a direct laser link rather than over a conventional radio. The light-based technology could also be used to communicate with future robotic spacecraft. NASA and MIT Lincoln Laboratory researchers are laying the groundwork for the first interplanetary laser communications system. In 2010, the Mars Laser Communication Demonstration (MLCD) will test the first deep-space laser communication link, which promises to transmit data at a rate nearly ten times higher than any existing interplanetary radio communication connection
August 11th, 2004
Relays from Mars Show International Interplanetary Networking
One of NASA’s Mars rovers has sent pictures relayed by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter for the first time, demonstrating that the orbiter could serve as a communications link if needed. The link-up was part of a set of interplanetary networking demonstrations paving the way for future Mars missions to rely on these networking capabilities. The American and European agencies planned them as part of continuing efforts to cooperate in space exploration.
July 12th, 2004
Doing Mars In Greater Detail Than Ever Before
When it enters its final path around the red planet, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will be closer to the martian surface than any other orbiter has ever gone. This closeness will enable the orbiter to get more detailed images than ever before from above the planet’s surface, and its sophisticated suite of science instruments will reveal much more about Mars and its water history. It will also become the first link in a communications bridge back to Earth, an “interplanetary internet” that can be used by numerous international spacecraft in coming years.
May 26th, 2004
Co-inventor of the Internet working on interplanetary Web The Buffalo News
In his three-piece suit and neat goatee, Vinton G. Cerf hardly fits the wild-eyed, unkempt image of a brilliant scientist. But few inventors can hope to see their work so widely used. Cerf, the co-inventor of the Internet as a computer scientist at Stanford University, spoke at the Inventor of the Year award ceremony Tuesday in downtown Buffalo. Now reaching its 30th birthday, the Internet has grown far beyond what Cerf and co-inventor Robert E. Kahn imagined.
April 14th, 2004
ARISS to Mull Ham Radio’s Role in Distant Space Travel American Radio Relay League
The Elser-Mathes Cup, sitting idle for more than 75 years, is intended to mark the occasion of the first two-way Amateur Radio contact between Earth and Mars. That day may be moving closer. The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) International Team will contemplate ham radio’s role as NASA–in response to a recent presidential initiative–seeks to expand the horizons of human spaceflight to the moon, Mars and beyond.
March 2nd, 2004
Broadband alive and well on Mars The Age
While many Australians are still waiting for the high-speed internet revolution to reach their doorsteps, NASA’s twin Mars exploration rovers are enjoying broadband links on the Red Planet. The rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have smashed Martian data speed records by sustaining a 256 kbps uplink to a satellite. As they scour the planet for signs of life they upload information to either the Mars Odyssey or Mars Global Surveyor satellites orbiting Mars via UHF antennas.
February 19th, 2004
MER Telecommunications Architecture
This graphic shows the various communication links between Earth and the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity. These links include X-band direct to Earth, UHF relay links via the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) and Odyssey orbiters, and a backup/demo UHF link via ESA’s Mars Express orbiter.