Pushing the Internet In to Space

Sad because you can’t connect to the internet at the cottage?  Don’t worry.  Soon the internet will even be available in space.
“Forget the world wide web. Through a project called the interplanetary internet, Hooke and networking guru Vint Cerf, co-creator the internet’s TCP/IP protocol, have been working for the past six years to develop a standard for communicating in disconnected environments, where an uninterrupted two-way dialog isn’t possible. The approach is called delay-tolerant networking and relies on communications technologies designed for use in remote places like deep beneath the sea or out in space.” (Wired)