cellular service - BLOGS - Blacksciencefictionsociety2024-03-28T15:00:30Zhttps://blacksciencefictionsociety.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/cellular+service4G on the Moon...https://blacksciencefictionsociety.com/profiles/blogs/4g-on-the-moon2020-10-20T10:00:00.000Z2020-10-20T10:00:00.000ZReginald L. Goodwinhttps://blacksciencefictionsociety.com/members/ReginaldLGoodwin<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8052958458,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8052958458,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="593" alt="8052958458?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">Topics: Cellular Service, Moonbase, NASA, Space Exploration, Spaceflight</span></span></p><p> </p><p><em><span class="font-size-3"><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">Telecom equipment supplier Nokia will use a <a href="https://physicsandnano.com/2020/10/30/4g-on-the-moon/" target="_blank">$14.1 million</a> grant to build <a href="https://twitter.com/BellLabs/status/1316780503358492674?s=20">the moon's first wireless network</a> as part of NASA's plans to establish a human presence there.</span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><em><span class="font-size-3"><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">NASA is investing the money in Nokia-owned American research company Bell Labs, which will build the 4G-LTE network, it said on Wednesday, October 14.</span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><em><span class="font-size-3"><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">The improved <a href="https://twitter.com/BellLabs/status/1316780505203965959?s=20">data transmission</a> will help astronauts control lunar rovers, navigate lunar geography in real-time, and stream videos.</span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><em><span class="font-size-3"><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">The mission ultimately will help show whether it's possible to have "human habitation on the moon," <a href="https://twitter.com/BellLabs/status/1316780509599543296?s=20">Bell Labs said</a>.</span></span></em></p><p><em><span class="font-size-3"><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-nokia-4g-network-moon-2020-10" target="_blank">NASA gave Nokia $14.1 million to build a 4G network on the moon</a>, Grace Dean, Business Insider</span></span></em></p><p></p></div>