[Starlink] the website for the end of the world

[David Fernández]

Wondering what else, besides anycast DNS, could be worth hosting up there.

There is this study going on too: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101082517


> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:09:13 -0700
> From: Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Starlink] the website for the end of the world
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> John Carmack just kicked off a thoughtful thread over here:
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> https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1704160299845071328
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> (Among other things, I would rather like to see DNS services hosted native
> up there)
>
> Starting point:
> The idea that the internet was created to survive nuclear war is
> apocryphal; packet routing does provide some resilience, but you will lose
> internet in an apocalypse. Space based systems are interesting to consider
> — they tend to be very reliant on ground systems, but it would be
> technically elegant if packets from one ground station to another were
> delivered directly, with no other ground interaction. LEO constellations
> probably need near constant ground help to update orbital ephemeris, and
> the orbits would decay in a few years anyway, but GEO sats could continue
> operating for decades if their control software didn’t preclude it. There
> should be off grid (or even in-space) servers connected to the satellite
> networks at static IP addresses (so DNS isn’t required). The Website For
> The End Of The World. What would a sparsely distributed group of apocalypse
> survivors want to see there? A Wikipedia mirror and some type of forum for
> communication, certainly. It seems like a good story element, but a little
> real world LARPing along those lines would be fun. The tragedy would be
> when all the terminals maintaining a fragile network of communication among
> humanity shut down due to the account billing servers being unavailable.
>
> <https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1704160299845071328>
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