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To: David Lawrence who wrote (16741)	7/22/1998 3:00:00 PM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 22053

Word back from behind the comet, Vint Cerf: Cyberspace going outer space - Reuters, Posted at 9:16 a.m. PDT Wednesday, July 22, 1998 GENEVA, July 22 (Reuters) - The man known as the father of the Internet said on Wednesday that the Web was outgrowing planet Earth and time had come to take the information superhighway to outer space. Vinton Cerf, senior vice-president of MCI Communications Corp, said that meant the domain name debate raging in the Internet community had to start considering adding new names such as ''.Earth'' or ''.Mars.'' ''The Internet is growing quickly, we still have a lot of work to do to cover the planet,'' Cerf told the first day of the annual conference of the Internet Society in Geneva where more than 1,500 cyberspace fans have gathered to seek answers to questions about the tangled web of the Internet. Cerf is the geek world's chosen adopted father because he, together with Robert Kahn, created the packet-switching technology that made the Internet possible. That is the most integral element of the Internet which enables one computer to talk to another over a vast worldwide network called the TCP/IP -- the basic building block for the Internet, a language that all computers linked to the Internet can speak, enabling them to exchange files and transfer information. He said that it would be possible to send real-time science data on the Internet from a space mission orbiting another planet such as Mars. ''There is now an effort under way to design and build an interplanetary Internet. The space research community is coming closer and closer and merging,'' Cerf said. ''We think that we will see planetary Internet networks that look very much like the ones we use today. We will need interplanetary gateways and there will be protocols to transmit data between these gateways,'' Cerf added. Cerf has been working with NASA's Pasadena Jet Propulsion Laboratory -- the people behind the recent Mars expedition -- to design what he calls an ''interplanetary Internet protocol.'' He believes that astronauts will want to use the Internet, although special problems remain with interference and delay when in deep space. ''This is quite real. The effort is becoming extraordinarily concrete over the next few months because the next Mars mission is in the planning stages now,'' Cerf told the conference. ''If we use domain names like .Earth or .Mars...jet propulsion laboratory people would be coming together with people from the Internet community,'' he added. ''The idea is to take the interplanetary Internet design and make it a part of the infrastructure of the Mars mission.'' o~~~ O

To: David Lawrence who wrote (16741)	7/22/1998 10:08:00 PM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

Rockwell Posts A Loss Following restructuring Wednesday July 22 3:52 PM EDT COSTA MESA, Calif. (Reuters) - Rockwell International Corp., the electronics and communications giant, Monday reported a loss of more than $480 million for the latest quarter following a restructuring of its global operation. The Costa Mesa, Calif.-based company said it lost $482 million, or $2.47 a share, in its fiscal third quarter ended June 30, vs. a profit of $167 million, or 78 cents a share, a year earlier. Rockwell said it took special charges totaling $597 million, or $2.60 per share, to cover the cost of closing a semiconductor facility in Newport Beach, Calif., discontinue non-strategic product lines and write off other assets. Sales were flat at $1.7 billion. Last month, Rockwell said it planned to spin off its semiconductor unit to shareholders, a move that will result in additional charges in the fourth quarter. Rockwell's stock was off $1.125 at $46.56 at mid-morning in consolidated New York Stock Exchange trading. I know how much this grieves you.<g> o~~~ O