hi tli,
and the elbonian, tralfamdorian, and barsoomian expeditionary forces will share the mars address block(s)? will all three announce the /42, or will they deaggregate?
The hope is that they will cooperate. While this is, of course, optimistic, there is ample reason to believe that they will do so. The relevant space agencies seem to be cooperating so far.
i did not realise you were *that* much younger than i :) here on this self-destructing mudball, organisations with different external topologies almost always have rather different announcement policies. so, are you suggesting that the 'relevant space agencies' share the same external topology? and you think that this will stand the test of time? yes, the fuzzball backbone used to be homonogous, but then ... is curtis gonna dress in a space suit and update the solar system tables on wednesdays? a george santayana quote comes to mind randy, who is trying to wrap his head around interplanetary wednesday