Nokia secures $14.1m NASA funding to roll out 4G on the Moon 📦

15    17 Oct 2020 19:49 by u/Arador

8 comments

4 u/sigilstone17 17 Oct 2020 20:45
Why the fuck did they give the contract to a *foreign* company? Is there no American corporation capable of installing cell towers on the Moon?
1 u/Arador [OP] 17 Oct 2020 20:47
Who owns Nokia these days anyway? Wait... let me guess... China?
3 u/JaceLightning 17 Oct 2020 23:40
They are Finnish
1 u/RootHouston 18 Oct 2020 16:06
Even though their parent company is Finnish, the contract was specifically awarded to the U.S. subsidiary. Legally speaking, it's an American company, and the work will be done by Americans.
3 u/None 17 Oct 2020 20:11
i didnt heard that name in years. the nokia 3301 was acually cool tho.
1 u/RootHouston 18 Oct 2020 16:04
They are still extremely popular in Europe.
2 u/Lukginzis 17 Oct 2020 22:12
Cool!
1 u/Tonybaloney 17 Oct 2020 23:19
Meanwhile the Midwest called ....