Thursday, August 17, 2023

I'd like to make a LONG distance call

 

This caught my eye.

I wonder if they'll get spam calls on the Moon.

NASA and Nokia Bell Labs to establish first 4G cellular network on Moon

"Nokia Bell Labs is to install the first-ever 4G/LTE cellular network on the Moon, thereby demonstrating that cellular technologies can provide the critical communications needed for future space missions.

To facilitate this endeavor, Nokia is teaming up with Intuitive Machines and Lunar Outpost for an uncrewed lunar mission, IM-2, to deploy the cellular network to the lunar surface."
They plan to communicate with two rovers on the surface.

Here's the video:




I'd consider a small bet on there being an app within a year of a successful landing that allows people on the Earth's surface to watch as the rovers rove on the lunar surface. 


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