Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon
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Re: Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon
#2The best evidence that we never landed on the moon is the fact that we aren't currently there. If we truly had the ability to put people up there, we'd have built a cellular network decades ago. But now we've "forgotten" how to do it. The moon race was great piece of propaganda and Hollywood theatrics, I'll give them that.
Re: Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon
#3And so the legendary indestructibility of Nokia's phones shall be put to the test once more.
The very first or two digits of any phone number on Earth are the country calling codes. We should add extra digits for a planetary calling code.
Re: Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon
#4The best evidence that we never landed on the moon is the fact that we aren't currently there. If we truly had the ability to put people up there, we'd have built a cellular network decades ago. But now we've "forgotten" how to do it. The moon race was great piece of propaganda and Hollywood theatrics, I'll give them that.
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Re: Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon
#5I wonder how bad the roaming charges will be for the astronauts if they accidentally use their earthly iPhone SIM with the Moon network.
Re: Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon
#6I was going to make a silly joke about roaming charges being astronomical, but with the round trip time being approximately 2.7 seconds I think you'd actually have just enough time to request vectors and do a location update... maybe you will be able to bring your own SIM and device.
Re: Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon
#7And so the legendary indestructibility of Nokia's phones shall be put to the test once more. The very first or two digits of any phone number on Earth are the country calling codes. We should add extra digits for a planetary calling code.
Almost all of them are taken but 999 is still free!
Re: Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon
#8And so the legendary indestructibility of Nokia's phones shall be put to the test once more. The very first or two digits of any phone number on Earth are the country calling codes. We should add extra digits for a planetary calling code.
Imagine accidentally calling an astronaut. Or doing FaceTime/Zoom with them on the moon. It would be interesting.
Re: Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon
#9The moon is going to have a dense fleet of Wireless IoT I guess.
Re: Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon
#10And so the legendary indestructibility of Nokia's phones shall be put to the test once more. The very first or two digits of any phone number on Earth are the country calling codes. We should add extra digits for a planetary calling code.
And so, in 2050, the Nokia Shield Initiative was launched. 500 (american) football field sized Nokia 3310's were put into orbit to protect the earth.