The Hubble Space Telescope in front of the Moon. Image source: M. Kornmesser , NASA, and ESAput humans back on the Moon
, but it also wants to use the Moon as a possible launching point for other space missions. If we’re going to do all of that, though, we need to have a reliable way to communicate between Earth and the Lunar surface.that it has received $650,000 in seed funding. That funding will be used to develop a broadband internet connection linking Earth to the Moon, and maybe even Mars down the line. The goal, overall, is to offer the first commercial high data communications network in the Solar System.
It’s a noble goal and one that future space explorers will not doubt appreciate when it is up and running.Aquarian Space is calling its new service Solnet, and it expects to launch the first satellite in 2024. It will follow that with a second launch in 2025 to cover the Moon’s South Pole. The company has yet to share what kind of satellites it plans to use to put the internet on the Moon.
Another part of what makes this new internet service promising is that manufacturers won’t need to change their spacecraft designs to work with Aquarian’s technology. At least, that’s what the company claims. The company is currently undergoing technical review in NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, according toSolnet sounds like a promising approach to putting internet on the Moon.
In the meantime, other companies are also working towards creating internet for the Solar System, including Elon Musk’sJosh Hawkins fell in love with writing and technology at a young age. Eventually he decided to combine the two and started writing about video games, the latest tech, and all the cool gadgets he could find. Whenever he isn’t busy writing about tech or gadgets, he can usually be found enjoying a new world in a video game, or tinkering with something on his computer.
…when there isn’t even good wifi on earth…?