11:18 pm on July 5, 2026 · 2026 (256), ipnsig (36), ipnsig academy (11)

RECAP 17 JUN 2026 – IPNSIG Academy: Multiple Base Lunar Concept of Infrastructure and Operations

A title slide for an IPNSIG Academy presentation against a dark star-filled night sky background with a glowing horizon of green and blue lights near the bottom. In the upper left corner is the Internet Society Interplanetary Chapter logo and text. Below it is a large IPNSIG Academy emblem featuring a stylized classical building above curved blue arcs. Centered on the slide in large white text is the title “Multiple Base Lunar Concept of Infrastructure and Operations,” followed by the speaker name “Dr. Daniel Tompkins.” The date “17 June 2026” appears below. In the upper right corner, small white text reads “IPNSIG Academy #26.” At the lower left, white text states “Archived by ISOC.LIVE.”

A title slide for an IPNSIG Academy presentation against a dark star-filled night sky background with a glowing horizon of green and blue lights near the bottom. In the upper left corner is the Internet Society Interplanetary Chapter logo and text. Below it is a large IPNSIG Academy emblem featuring a stylized classical building above curved blue arcs. Centered on the slide in large white text is the title “Multiple Base Lunar Concept of Infrastructure and Operations,” followed by the speaker name “Dr. Daniel Tompkins.” The date “17 June 2026” appears below. In the upper right corner, small white text reads “IPNSIG Academy #26.” At the lower left, white text states “Archived by ISOC.LIVE.”
VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP | SLIDES | ARCHIVE | PERMALINK

On 17 June 2026, the Interplanetary Networking Special Interest Group (IPNSIG) presented an IPNSIG Academy Keynote ‘Multiple Base Lunar Concept of Infrastructure and Operations‘.

On the Moon, humans in the loop in a lunar context presents a unique opportunity and challenge. Utilizing multi lunar bases and extended surface mobility a concept of operations can emerge to maximize the potential of science, industry, and advancement of humanity onto the lunar surface. Considering the challenges and more important the opportunities, the early feasibility of operations with specific capabilities will be presented. Overlapping constraints include large system mass flow, surface mobility, thermal, life support, radiation, and exhaust plume constraints.

SPEAKER
Dr. Daniel Tompkins – Founder, GrowMars

MODERATOR
Ginny Spicer – IPNSIG

#IPNSIGacademy #DTN #IPNSIG

RECORDINGS – Space Summit 2025 Keynotes

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On Tuesday and Wednesday, July 8–9, 2025, ISOC.LIVE simulcast the Space Summit 2025 keynote sessions, which featured current and former Interplanetary Network Special Interest Group (IPNSIG) chairs Yosuke Kaneko and Vint Cerf. These keynotes were part of a larger free event produced by the IPNSIG Academy, which included networking and workshops. IPNSIG operates as the Internet Society’s Interplanetary Chapter.

KEYNOTE 1: Yosuke Kaneko

YOUTUBE | AUDIO | TRANSCRIPT | SUMMARY 

 

KEYNOTE 2: Vint Cerf and Yosuke Kaneko

YOUTUBE | AUDIO | TRANSCRIPT | SUMMARY 

 

 

@IPNSIG #ipnsigacademy #ipnsig #spacecommunications

8:59 am on December 4, 2024 · ipnsig (36), ipnsig academy (11), space (26)

RECORDING – IPNSIG Academy: Space Communications and Networking 101

ISOC LIVE

ISOC LIVEYOUTUBE | TRANSCRIPT | SUMMARY | SLIDES | ARCHIVE | PERMALINK

On Wednesday December 4, 2024, the Interplanetary Networking Special Interest Group (IPNSIG) presents an IPNSIG Academy KeynoteSpace Communications and Networking 101‘.

The Interplanetary Internet is built on the foundations of space communications and networking. This presentation introduces space communications and networking in the context of the Interplanetary Internet. Starting with key issues that affect space communications, such as distance and celestial mechanics, this presentation establishes the basics for communications in space. We also review the space protocol stacks and the Delay and Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) architecture and protocols. The presentation concludes with a summary of critical applications and use cases for the interplanetary internet on the Moon.

SPEAKER
Dr. Alberto Montilla, Co-Founder and CEO , SPATIAM CORPORATION

MODERATOR
Laura Chappell – IPNSIG Board Member

TWITTER #IPNSIGacademy #space #spacecommunications #DTN #IPNSIG @IPNSIG @amontill

#IPNSIG MASTODON | BLUESKY | INSTA

 

 

WEBCAST AUG 13 – IPNSIG Academy: DTN over Lasercom Relay

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isoc liveOn Tuesday August 13, 2024, at 5pm-6pm EDT (21:00-22:00 UTC) the Interplanetary Networking Special Interest Group (IPNSIG) presents an IPNSIG Academy Keynote ‘DTN over Lasercom Relay‘. NASA recently concluded a series of DTN experiments and demonstrations with the International Space Station over laser communications links through NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) payload in geosynchronous orbit. Demonstrations included file transfers and streaming video through multiple nodes, paths, and scenarios. Dave Israel, Goddard’s Near Space Network Architect and LCRD Principal Investigator will update us on the lasercom demonstration and its relation to the future of the Near Space Network and LunaNet. He will be joined by Alan Hylton, PI for the LCRD DTN Experiments, and Dan Raible, PI for the High-Rate DTN (HDTN) project.

INTRODUCTION
Vint Cerf – Chief Internet Evangelist, Google ? Board member, IPNSIG

SPEAKERS
David Israel – Exploration and Space Communications Projects Division Architect , NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Alan Hylton – Network Studies Manager, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Dan Raible – Electronics Engineer, NASA Glenn Research Center
MODERATOR
Keith Scott, IPNSIG

VIDEO | AUDIO | TRANSCRIPT

LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/ipnsigacademy21

PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/4dCKjYP

REAL TIME TEXT (see ISOC.LIVE)

TWITTER #IPNSIGacademy @IPNSIG @NASA #LCRD #DTN #HDTN

MASTODON  #IPNSIGacademy 

SIMULCASTS
https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ (AI Captions)
https://www.facebook.com/ipnisoc/ (AI Captions)

 

3:50 pm on July 2, 2024 · ipnsig academy (11)

WEBCAST JUL 2 – IPNSIG Academy: LTE/4G for Lunar Surface Communications – Luis Maestro

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ISOC LIVEOn Tuesday July 2, 2024, at 4pm-5pm EDT (20:00-21:00 UTC) the Interplanetary Networking Special Interest Group (IPNSIG) presents an IPNSIG Academy Keynote ‘LTE/4G for Lunar Surface Communications‘. Luis Maestro of Nokia Bell Labs, currently the Principal Investigator for the NASA tipping point program aiming at deploying the first 4G/LTE network on the lunar surface in late 2024, will provide mission details, and talk about the projects’s benefits, and challenges.

SPEAKER
Luis Maestro Ruiz de Temiño – Principal Engineer, DMTS, Nokia Bell Labs

MODERATOR
Dr. Alberto Montilla, IPNSIG

VIDEO | AUDIO | TRANSCRIPT | SLIDES

ORIGINAL LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/ipnsigacademy20

TWITTER #IPNSIGacademy #BellLabs #lunarexploration @IPNSIG @BellLabs @NASA @Int_Machines @LunarOutpostInc #space

MASTODON   #IPNSIGacademy 

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/ipnsigacademy20

2:42 pm on May 30, 2024 · ipnsig (36), ipnsig academy (11)

WEBCAST MAY 30 – IPNSIG Academy: Low-cost movable and static wireless sensor node for future Lunar explorations – Fangzheng Liu

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ISOC LIVEOn Thursday May 30, 2024, at 5pm-6pm EDT (21:00-22:00 UTC) the Interplanetary Networking Special Interest Group (IPNSIG) presents an IPNSIG Academy Keynote ‘Low-cost movable and static wireless sensor node for future Lunar explorations‘.

Low-cost and small wireless sensor nodes hold significant promise for future lunar explorations. These nodes can be employed for in-orbit inspections and in-situ data collection on the lunar surface. Two different types of wireless sensor nodes will be presented: movable and static. Movable nodes, such as small robots, can operate on the exterior surfaces of rovers, landers, and spacecraft, performing inspection sensing and monitoring the performance of their host vehicles. A notable project within this framework is the development of the “AstroAnt,” a miniature robot slated for deployment to the Lunar South Pole during the IM-2 mission in 2024-2025. The AstroAnt will work on the top panel of the MAPP-1 lunar rover, collecting thermal data from various positions to monitor the rover’s thermal system performance. In addition to movable nodes, ballistically deployed wireless sensor nodes can be “shot” out from rovers or landers to areas of interest, where they can remain to collect simultaneous data from different positions over the long term.

SPEAKER
Fangzheng Liu, doctoral candidate, MIT Media Lab

MODERATOR
Mike Snell, IPNSIG

VIDEO | AUDIO | TRANSCRIPT

ORIGINAL LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/ipnsigacademy19

TWITTER #IPNSIGacademy #lunarexploration @medialab @IPNSIG

MASTODON #IPNSIGacademy

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/ipnsigacademy19

 

7:51 pm on April 1, 2024 · ipnsig (36), ipnsig academy (11)

WEBCAST APR 3 – IPNSIG Academy Keynote: Chasing Peaceful Innovation – Exploring intersections between technical Internet and Lunar governance – Jacob Malthouse

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ISOC LIVEOn Wednesday April 3, 2024, at 5pm-6pm EDT (21:00-22:00 UTC), the Interplanetary Networking Special Interest Group (IPNSIG) presents an IPNSIG Academy Keynote ‘Chasing Peaceful Innovation – Exploring intersections between technical Internet and Lunar governance‘. The Open Lunar Foundation generates and invests in solutions that enable peaceful Lunar exploration. Jacob Malthouse will share Open Lunar’s planned projects for 2024 and potential alignments with IPNSIG’s vision for the expansion of the Internet into space. He is particularly interested in the evolutionary arc of Solar System Internet governance approaches presented in the latest IPNSIG AWG publication “Solar System Internet Architecture and Governance“.

SPEAKER
Jacob Malthouse – Executive Director, Open Lunar Foundation

HOST / MODERATOR
Scott Burleigh – Vice President, IPNSIG

LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/ipnsigacademy18

ADD TO CALENDAR https://calndr.link/event/FAC5e3p6eF

PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3TKb318

REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/4amWZBS

TWITTER #IPNSIGacademy #LunarGov @IPNSIG @jacobmalthouse @openlunar @LauraChappell #space 

MASTODON  #IPNSIGacademy 

SIMULCASTS
https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ (AI Captions)
https://www.facebook.com/ipnisoc/ (AI Captions)

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/ipnsigacademy18

4:28 pm on November 1, 2023 · Andrew Sullivan (24), ipnsig (36), ipnsig academy (11)

WEBCAST NOV 1 – IPNSIG Academy: Keynote: Andrew Sullivan

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isoc.liveOn Wednesday November 1, 2023 at 5pm-6pm EDT (21:00-22:00 UTC) the Interplanetary Networking Special Interest Group (IPNSIG) presents an IPNSIG Academy Keynote with Andrew Sullivan (President and CEO of ISOC).

SPEAKER
Andrew Sullivan, President and CEO, Internet Society

LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/ipnsigacademy16

REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/461NEMF

TWITTER #IPNSIGacademy @SullivanISOC @IPNSIG

MASTODON #IPNSIGacademy 

SIMULCASTS
https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ (AI Captions)
https://www.facebook.com/ipnisoc/ (AI Captions)

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/ipnsigacademy16

3:42 pm on October 24, 2023 · ipnsig (36), ipnsig academy (11)

WEBCAST OCT 10 – IPNSIG Academy: Lessons from Internet and prospective on IPN

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isoc liveOn Wednesday October 10, 2023 at 5pm-6pm EDT (21:00-22:00 UTC) the Interplanetary Networking Special Interest Group (IPNSIG) presents  IPNSIG Academy keynote #15 ‘Lessons from Internet and prospective on IPN‘.

The Internet started as a small network connecting few research and development networks. The rules were simple and shared by everybody. Later, it evolved and started having commercial value. At that point a governance model had to be established to ensure orderly development. Will the InterPlanetary Network follow a similar path? Are there any lessons that we can learn from the experience with the “traditional” Internet?

SPEAKER
Roberto Gaetano (former ICANN Board Member)

MODERATOR
Steve Crocker, CEO/co-founder, Shinkuro, Inc

LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/ipnsigacademy15

REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3QvDBLC

TWITTER #IPNSIGacademy #DTN @IPNSIG 

MASTODON #IPNSIGacademy 

SIMULCASTS
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ (AI Captions)
https://www.facebook.com/ipnisoc/ (AI Captions)

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/ipnsigacademy15

9:27 am on September 4, 2023 · DTN (16), ipnsig (36), ipnsig academy (11)

WEBCAST SEP 6 – IPNSIG Academy: Expanding the Scope of IPN through Expanding the Scope of Delay Tolerant Networking Applications

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isoc liveOn Wednesday September 6, 2023 at 5pm-6pm EDT (21:00-22:00 UTC) the Interplanetary Networking Special Interest Group (IPNSIG) presents the 14th IPNSIG Academy presentation – ‘Expanding the Scope of IPN through Expanding the Scope of Delay Tolerant Networking Applications‘.

This talk will discuss the role of the underlying IPN protocols (Delay Tolerant Networking, or DTN) and how this protocol has attractive features to a much wider range of applications. Advocating for the broader adoption of DTN would have the effect of bringing additional implementations, adoption, interoperability, and innovation to DTN, and thus to IPN. Making IPN one of the “edged” in broader DTN networks of networks can bridge the gap between planetary and interplanetary networks.

Presenter Dr. Marshall is a veteran of DARPA, where he created and ran the Disruption Tolerant Networking program. Following DARPA (at USC), he was Principal Investigator for the DARPA Content Addressable Network program, also based on the underlying DTN bundle. His book “Three Tier Shared Spectrum, Shared Infrastructure, and a Path to 5G” was recently  published by Cambridge University Press, as well as two prior technical books on Cognitive Radio. He is Chair of the Board of the CBRS Alliance and also chairs the Wireless Innovation Forum Spectrum Sharing Subcommittee.

SPEAKER
Dr. Preston F. Marshall, Engineering Director / Principle Wireless Architect, Google

MODERATOR
Keith Scott, Chief Architect, Advanced Networking for Assured Communications

LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/ipnsigacademy14

PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3Pna2er

REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3OZGrGs)

TWITTER #IPNSIGacademy #DTN @IPNSIG Preston F. Marshall @Google Keith Scott #space https://bit.ly/3wkSJBq

MASTODON #IPNSIGacademy 

SIMULCASTS
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ (AI Captions)
https://www.facebook.com/ipnisoc/ (AI Captions)

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/ipnsigacademy14