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If you thought the dizzying joys of internet poker, the fantastic efficiency of RSS feeds, and the mindboggling singlemindedness of YouTube commenters were unique to this Earth, think again. Last week marked the successful completion of the first test of interplanetary internet, a new communication protocol that will enable automatic transmission of data through the far reaches of space. NASA and JPL must be pretty stoked — but if I were a Reticulan with a computer, I'd be even more excited. More »
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