NASA creates new protocol for deep space IP transmissions

DTN is the outer space version of TCP. Transmission control with the ability to store an forward large amounts of data in the event of a solar storm or other disruption. It takes 4 to twenty minutes using DTN to transmit data from Mars to Earth, which, at the speed of light, accounts for ’space lag’. The protocol was co-designed by Internet luminary Vint Cerf and NASA. Now when do I get my flying car? Pretty cool, check it out.