NASA is launching a 4G phone network on the moon

[Peter1469]

NASA is launching a 4G phone network on the moon

I could have put this in the economics room. This is setting things up for permanent human presence on the moon.

It's one small step for phones, one giant leap for phonekind. NASA and Nokia are planning the first cellular network on the moon.


Finnish phone company Nokia has announced it's working with the US space administration to build a 4G LTE network for moonwalkers by late 2022. As well as voice communication and data transmission, the mobile network could power navigation, stream biometric data so controllers can keep an eye on each astronaut's health and fitness, and direct remote-control robots and sensors on the lunar surface.

A least they didn't use a Bezos phone.

[HawkTheSlayer]

I wonder how many bars you get on the moon and if there will be roaming charges if want to talk to the heathens on the dark side.

[Lummy]

I wonder how many bars you get on the moon and if there will be roaming charges if want to talk to the heathens on the dark side.

"What do you mean you can't hear me now at all?"

[Lummy]

Should be able to intercept it from here in PA.

[Cotton1]