# Application of a Distributed Web Site Acceleration: Mars Polar Lander *2000-07-01 — paper* Authors: Niall Doherty, Anil Madhavapeddy This document is aimed at those interested in the technical aspects of hosting content on the internet while designing for cacheability. It explains some of the concepts involved and describes the approach taken to use them in the deployment of the www.marspolarlander.com distributed Web site. After studying this document, the reader should: (i) realize the benefits gained from designing for cacheability, (ii) see why using distributed Web sites augments this, and (iii) understand how to do the above. Classification: full Venue: NetApp Issue: TR-3071 URL: http://tr.netapp.link/tr-3071.pdf ## Related - [The AIETF arrives, and not a moment too soon](https://anil.recoil.org/notes/ai-ietf-aiprefs) (note, 2025-02-28) - [Paper on the NASA Mars Polar Lander website architecture](https://anil.recoil.org/notes/netapp-tr-3071-1) (note, 2000-07-01) - [Slashdot covers the Mars Polar Lander](https://anil.recoil.org/notes/mars-polar-lander) (note, 1999-12-03) --- Canonical: https://anil.recoil.org/papers/netapp-tr-3071 Type: paper License: CC BY 4.0 Tags: netapp, nasa, internet, networks, distributed, report