{"id":787,"date":"2014-06-10T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T08:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/convergedsystems.com\/blog\/?p=787"},"modified":"2018-10-09T11:56:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T16:56:14","slug":"nasa-introduces-space-wi-fi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/nasa-introduces-space-wi-fi\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Introduces Space Wi-Fi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/connected-globe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1104\" src=\"http:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/connected-globe.jpg\" alt=\"NASA introduces space wifi\" width=\"281\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/connected-globe.jpg 2545w, https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/connected-globe-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/connected-globe-1024x777.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Astronauts may soon have a whole new <a href=\"http:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2014-05-team-broadband-wireless-moon.html\" class=\"external external_icon\" rel=\"nofollow\">way to communicate<\/a> with individuals and space stations while in space. A team of researchers and scientists from MIT are working with NASA to create wireless, Internet access on the moon. The Optical Society (OSA) is preparing a detailed overview of their work.<\/p>\n<p>The scientists have come up with ways to provide a communication uplink between the Earth and moon by using four different telescopes. The telescopes send the uplink signal to the moon by sending information coded as pulses of invisible infrared light. A satellite orbiting the moon then receives the information by collecting the infrared light. \u00a0&#8220;From there,&#8221; said OSA, &#8220;the signal in the fiber is amplified about 30,000 times. A photodetector converts the pulses of light into electrical pulses that are in turn converted into data bit patterns that carry the transmitted message. Of the 40-watt signals sent by the transmitter, less than a billionth of a watt is received at the satellite\u2014but that&#8217;s still about 10 times the signal necessary to achieve error-free communication.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There are difficulties in trying to send Internet connections to the moon, as the infrared light has to go through our atmosphere, where there is turbulence that could disrupt the signal. The OSA overview is expected to be presented at the Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics (CLEO) in California on June 9.<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox external\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.convergedsystems.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F787&#038;t=NASA%20Introduces%20Space%20Wi-Fi&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.convergedsystems.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F787&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.convergedsystems.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F06%2Fconnected-globe.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=NASA%20Introduces%20Space%20Wi-Fi\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox external\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.convergedsystems.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F787&#038;text=Hey%20check%20this%20out\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-linkedin nolightbox external\" data-provider=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.convergedsystems.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F787&#038;title=NASA%20Introduces%20Space%20Wi-Fi\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"linkedin\" title=\"Share on Linkedin\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/linkedin.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astronauts may soon have a whole new way to communicate with individuals and space stations while in space. 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