I've just returned from the IETF 69 meeting held in Chicago. There, we talked about Saratoga, a fast file transfer protocol for use over dedicated links. Saratoga could be used with the bundle protocol intended for delay-tolerant networking, although it's just as useful on its own.

A report of that meeting made the front page of the Chicago Tribune:
'Netheads' gather in Chicago to improve Internet, Jon Van, 27 July 2007.
That article was the left-most column of the front page, above the fold, appearing on the same day as an opinion piece discussing when celebrity deaths merit the front page. So, this networking meeting ranks the same as Marilyn Monroe. Speaking of heavenly bodies... "Improve communication with Mars probes"? Yes, that would include us.