- Santa, Elon, and the Interplanetary Internet - Victoria Baines

Unless it’s Christmas Eve, that chain of lights moving across the sky is probably not Santa’s sleigh but Starlink’s low earth orbit satellites (LEOs). To meet demand for ubiquitous, instantaneous, and uninterrupted communication, our internet infrastructure now extends into outer space. This talk explores who owns it, who has to clean up after it, and its impact on terrestrial politics. We’ll also take a look at how a new interplanetary internet might help shape the future of space exploratio...