Curiosity has many "mouths" to taste test rocks or dust it vacuums up -- really, to analyze them chemically.

CNN: Curiosity opening Martian frontier?

Of course your calling area is limited only to those portions of the Anaheim WiFi rollout currently complete (Earthlink plans to eventually have 50 square miles rolled out when the dust settles), but Earthlink VP says their test handsets are running handoffs at up to 40 miles per hour -- which you know is remarkably fast if you've ever actually driven in Southern California.

ENGADGET: Earthlink's Anaheim muni WiFi getting VoIP phones

Next year, NASA is to launch a demonstration mission to test optical laser communications in conjunction with the LADEE (Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer) mission to the moon.

FORBES: Future Of NASA's Aging Deep Space Network Lies In X-Rays And Lasers