The Future of Wi-Fi in Space

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The James Webb Space Telescope is being pulled at the same velocity in all directions, which makes it basically super stable. Every planet has five different Lagrange points, right? And I asked of it, can we put one of these nodes, like at a Lagrange point? Because then you could just place different satellites. Instead of orbiting a planet, you can basically have them stationary in space relative to the Earth. It's going to be cheaper and easier to maybe get SpaceX or somebody to be like throw up an orbiter at Lagrange point two so you can create this interplanetary backbone network.

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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