jfmezeiPremium
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| It's access to a PC which has access to the internet From what I have read, this is not a connection to the internet. They have a VNC type of connection to view/control a PC in Houston, and that PC is connected to the internet.
Not sure how bad latency is when doing such work. Also, they do not have TDRS coverage 7/24, so there are periods where they don't have "live" access to that PC. |
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| according to NASA that is how it is set up.
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So it's a remote desktop. That's no fun. There goes my idea of calling them on VOIP. |
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1 edit | You can call them on ham radio. I've spoken to the ISS a couple of times and they also set up scheduled contacts (skeds) with schools. |
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 milnoc
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Too bad. If they had true Internet access from the ISS, they could have tested the feasibility of using P2P software to transfer huge amounts of research data quickly and reliably.
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join:2000-11-25
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I hope it's not the VNC. Many others work so much better in a poor bandwidth siltation. I thought they had actual laptops or something though. |
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said by jfmezei:From what I have read, this is not a connection to the internet. They have a VNC type of connection to view/control a PC in Houston, and that PC is connected to the internet. Not sure how bad latency is when doing such work. Also, they do not have TDRS coverage 7/24, so there are periods where they don't have "live" access to that PC. Yes, this isn't really Broadband to the ISS. The PC at NASA has broadband, but the ISS has a data link to that PC that the story doesn't tell us what the real speed is.
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