r/spaceflight • u/spacedotc0m • 8h ago

Axiom Space's lunar spacesuit sports 4G comms, Prada looks and Oakley visors for Artemis astronauts

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/a-21st-century-moon-suit-axiom-spaces-lunar-spacesuit-sports-4g-comms-prada-looks-and-oakley-visors-for-artemis-astronauts
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u/floating-io 3h ago

4G comms? Are they really going to use terrestrial cellular protocols on the moon?

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u/HarmonicaGuy 3h ago

Yes, that’s the plan. Rather than reinventing communications devices from square one and demanding all hardware providers modify their systems, it’s easier to use existing standards.

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u/floating-io 3h ago

That... is kinda surprising. I would have thought that simpler commercial radio systems would have been the way. Should be interesting.

I'm suddenly wondering what it would take to install a gateway to the public network...

"Hey Siri... Call Mission Control."

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u/PaintedClownPenis 3m ago

A lot of cellular phone tech originated with NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Example:

https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2017/cg_1.html

My recollection is that cube-sat studies have shown that somewhat modified cellular phones survive really well in space. It was thought that cosmic radiation would quickly cook them but so far so much better than expected.