There are also hopes that satellites will provide satnav-style navigation for missions on the moonIt may be nearly a quarter of a million miles away but it shouldn’t be long before astronauts heading to the moon are able to WhatsApp friends and stream Netflix shows just like they can on Earth. Inmarsat, a British satellite company working on plans to build a special telecoms network for the moon, said that such technology was likely to be available for astronauts within the decade. SponsoredThe company is one of several from Britain drawing up plans for three to six satellites that would orbit the moon, providing a GPS-style navigation system as well as telecommunications services. The companies have been asked to create the plans by the European Space Agency (ESA) which wants to make sure that the people who walk on

Source: The Times May 23, 2021 23:03 UTC