{"id":104769,"date":"2019-09-19T20:21:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T00:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-08-15T19:39:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T23:39:09","slug":"out-of-this-world-ethernet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/out-of-this-world-ethernet\/","title":{"rendered":"Out of This World Ethernet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Out<\/a>A while ago I wrote about Ethernet marching on<\/a>. The IEEE had ratified the IEEE 802.3bp<\/a> Ethernet standard<\/strong> which addresses how Ethernet operates in harsh environments. <\/strong>Now Ethernet has been installed in the harshest environment where we live, the International Space Station<\/strong>. During an April 2019 Extravehicular Activities (EVA),<\/span> U.S. astronaut Anne McClain and Canadian astronaut David Saint Jacques upgraded the International Space Station\u2019s communication systems by installing Ethernet cables.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Cabling Install and Maintenance<\/a><\/em> reports<\/a> that during a six-plus-hour spacewalk the astronauts installed Ethernet cables on the exterior of the space station to upgrade the wireless communication system and to improve its hard-wired communication system.<\/p>\n

CBS News says<\/a> the spacewalker’s connected Ethernet cabling at the forward end of the station’s\u00a0 U.S.’s primary research laboratory for U.S. payloads module (<\/span>Destiny module<\/a>) that will extend wireless connectivity for science instruments mounted outside the space station.<\/p>\n

NASA<\/a> Tweeted a video clip of the cable installation<\/a> during which the narrator explained, \u201c... They\u2019ll be de-mating and mating some cables to provide additional Ethernet to the International Space Station.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pulling more cable to expand wireless coverage – nice to know some things are truly universal. Whether you call it cable pulling, or mating cables, the truck-roll cost to the ISS must be pretty steep. At least NASA installers don’t need ladders.<\/em><\/p>\n

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