Text title: The moon's getting a 4G mobile network
Text type: Article
Text creator: Anne Kauranen | Reuters (Reporting by Anne Kauranen; Editing by Edmund Blair and Pravin Char)
Critical Literacy Question: What do the words suggest?
Date: 8th November 2021
What do the words suggest?
The words in the article, 'The moon's getting a 4G mobile network', written by Reuters, suggest returning of humans, future settling and human settlements on the moon.
For instance, in this article, NASA has selected Nokia to build the first cellular network on the moon. Nokia has said that the first wireless broadband communications system in space will be built on the lunar surface.
I believe that this mission will help simplify the communication errors between the astronauts and the control centre on Earth.
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| Credits: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2020/10/Testing_lunar_4G_operations Copyright: Nokia |
Brief:
Nokia has been selected by NASA to build the first cellular network on the moon, as stated by the Finnish company, as the U.S. space agency projects a future where humans establish lunar settlements. Nokia has claimed that the first wireless broadband communications system in space would be built on the lunar surface in late 2022 before humans make it there.
According to the company, the network will establish a 4G/LTE communications system on the moon, though the am would be to eventually switch to 5G. This would allow astronauts voice and video communications capabilities, and allow data exchange, as well as remote control of lunar rovers and other robotic devices. It will be designed to withstand extreme conditions of the launch of the lunar landing and to operate in space.
