Those wanting to represent the Internet graphically to a lay audience are fond of animations showing a spinning Earth criss-crossed by a network of buzzing, vibrating lines. Lift those animations up from the planet a bit, and you get a picture of what space someday could become — a place where common Internet protocols are the norm for information exchange. But astronauts and cosmonauts are not likely to do their online holiday shopping from Earth orbit soon.
That Dave Israel rocks! He sent a jpg of one of my paintings (a self portrait of me walking my dog) into space. I will forever be indebted. It's the closest that either I or Bob the dog will come to space travel. He even gave me a foam rubber replica of the transceiver! How cool is that??!!
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NASA Takes the Internet into Space
Posted by: David Halperin December 13, 2003 02:00 AMThose wanting to represent the Internet graphically to a lay audience are fond of animations showing a spinning Earth criss-crossed by a network of buzzing, vibrating lines. Lift those animations up from the planet a bit, and you get a picture of what space someday could become — a place where common Internet protocols are the norm for information exchange. But astronauts and cosmonauts are not likely to do their online holiday shopping from Earth orbit soon.