NASA Selects Nokia to Build First-Ever Cellular Network on the Moon

https://scitechdaily.com ^ | October 28, 2020 | By Nokia

[Red Badger]

Roaming charges will be a bitch...........................

[KC_Lion]

Just wait until your minutes go down.

[wally_bert]

I hope my comm-lock will be compatible.

[CGASMIA68]

Rcvd shares of Nokia in some spin off years back, suppose I should retain them and look into more ?

[Red Badger]

Might be prudent....................

[LIConFem]

Will I finally be able to call my relatives on Europa?

[BigEdLB]

The flying Finns

[rstrahan]

There’s not a US company that could do this? Buy American.

[Rio]

Pokemon Go on the moon!

[Army Air Corps]

I bet that they’ll have one helluva data plan.

[Army Air Corps]

I guess that they didn’t receive the message about landing there.

[Red Badger]

‘ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS, EXCEPT EUROPA.ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE.USE THEM TOGETHER. USE THEM IN PEACE.’...................................

[PAR35]

Just like the modern NASA - using decade old technology instead of cutting edge. By the time the’ve gotten 4G built, technology may well have moved beyond 5G.

[Fai Mao]

The American companies, like Apple and Motorola are really Chinese.

[Red Badger]

[LIConFem]

Landing there? They were born there. I’m first generation Earthling.

[Magnum44]

I will second your question/comment. The main reason being that there will be a fair amount of R&D put up to make electronic components that are rad hard. Off the shelf terrestrial components wont be reliable or have sufficient life. That development and capability is something we should promote in house, not outsourced.

[Maringa]

Despite technology advancements...it will still take 3 seconds plus instrument processing delays to get communication 1-way...If you think the video/audio lag in Zoom is tough to deal with...imagine a zoom meeting between Earth and Moon!

[Army Air Corps]

So, THEY are responsible for sending that message about not attempting any landings on Europa. Well, that is one way to developers at bay.

[PAR35]

There’s not a US company that could do this?

No, Motorola used to make a line of cell phones (Moto X) in the US, but I think they moved that production overseas a few years ago. A quarter of a century of Bush/Obama/Clinton had a cost to the country.