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Astronauts Get Tricoders (Almost)

Posted by michael on from the dr.-mccoy-was-playing-tetris dept.

AzrealAO writes "Space.com is reporting that The Expedition 9 crew aboard the International Space Station are equipped with HP iPAQ PocketPC's, which they are using as mobile productivity tools to record crew procedures, personal memos, check e-mail and calendars. The crew can also listen to music, view photos from home and read e-books. The iPAQs will be left on the station and reconfigured for future crews, and two additional iPAQs will be sent up on the next flight for a total of four."

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  1. Space radiation by CMBologna · · Score: 0, Troll

    Are these devices shielded against space radiation?
    Let's hope we'll see tux up there as well, better yet let us see an austronaunt that modded his iPAQ with linux, I don't think they have bandwith problems up there :)