The History of the Internet

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The first successful Mars mission was in 1976 with two Viking Landers, right? But at that point, for about 20 years, they couldn't do it again. And then miraculously, about 20 years later in 1997, there's this mission called Pathfinder and it finally works. They're originally just going to use TCP IP for the interplanetary backbone network. Because of the delays, because the distance between planets, the delay would be way too high. It will not take that long, but it's very cool.

In this prequel to the 'ICANN and the 7 Keys to the Internet' podcast, David talks Marques and Andrew through the wildly interesting history of the internet. There's plenty of information out there about the beginning of the World Wide Web in 1989, but what was happening before that? How did the internet start? How long did it take to turn on? And why does it always start with Sputnik? David answers all those questions and more while explaining how everything came to be. Special thanks to everyone that took the time to talk with us to make this episode. We hope you enjoy!

Audio/Video Sources:

David Hochfelder Interview with Vint: https://ethw.org/Oral-History:Vinton_Cerf

AT&T Life of a tech operator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX8RHeSuZZc

DARPA 50 Year video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8C2vXfRw8U

DARPA Formative years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHK7Sn66vts&t=24s

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