Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon • Hacker News Board

HenryKissinger wrote: post #3

And 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.

Most country codes are 3 digits. There are a few 2 digits, and I think parts the old USSR and the North American Dialing region are the only 1-digit codes.

Re: Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon

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Post by ortusdux » Tue, Oct 20, 2020, 3:15 PM UTC

I would love to see some mock-ups of orbital patterns for a moon based starlink-like network. How does the relative lack of an atmosphere affect things? How large of a constellation do you need when the orbital body is 1/4 the size of earth?

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Post by bouncycastle » Tue, Oct 20, 2020, 3:17 PM UTC

If there is intelligent life somewhere out there, when they travel to space, I wonder if they also insist on operating technology that is at least one generation back, for the reason of "proven reliability"? I'd say probably yes. If we ever get a visit from them, that "shmux semiconductor" will be the old model...

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Post by nickik » Tue, Oct 20, 2020, 3:17 PM UTC

TedDoesntTalk wrote: post #13

> remote control of lunar rovers and other robotic devices And what about the known vulnerabilities of LTE/4G?

If there are hackers on the moon you have a lot of other issues.

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Post by reaperducer » Tue, Oct 20, 2020, 3:19 PM UTC

Does this mean the ITU is going to assign the moon a country code? I vote for +6666 (MOON).

Who decides what parts of the moon get what area codes?

Imagine how long it will take to get Orange to instal a landline in a crater!