Internet In Space

Well, I talked about cloud computing in my last blog, but I just came across an article saying Google is taking it further, in space. They are planning on launching the internet in space by using Disruption-Tolerant Networking (DTN) which would open up the possibility of internet without disruptions both here on earth and in space while broadening the internet farther. Google is planning on using "InterPlanetary internet protocols" this year on the EPOXI (Extrasolar Planet Observation and Characterization investigation (EPOCh) and the Deep Impact eXtended Investigation (DIXI)) to use for communications. If this proves successful then they could use "InterPlanetary internet protocols" on all spacecrafts that are to be left in space, not to mention if every country who goes in space adapts to this idea imagine how far the internet could expand.

The links I found to be the most helpful are:
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-02/google-plans-bring-interplanetary-internet-space-year 

(this link tells what EPOXI was intentionally made for and where the name came from)
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/epoxi/epoxi20100628.html