For Mars-Earth intarwebs, Vint Cerf et al ditches TCP/IP in favor of "Delay-Tolerant Networking" protocol. Cute name. "Engineers are really good at labeling and branding things," Cerf said with sarcasm. "If we had named Kentucky Fried Chicken, it would have been Hot Dead Birds."
- Ian Dexter Marquez
Vint Cerf et al ditches TCP/IP for interplanetary intarwebs, develops "Delay-Tolerant Networking" protocol http://icio.us/2o3blt