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Space Station Astronauts Gain Internet Access
cyclone96 writes "Internet access on the International Space Station went live this morning. The crew now has full browsing capability via a special LAN and the Ku-band data link on the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite network, as described in the NASA press release. Flight Engineer T. J. Creamer used the access to post the first tweet from orbit about 7 hours ago. Previous astronaut tweets had been posted by a third party on the ground via email."
This new innovation will be shortly followed by studies of Astronauts suddenly going blind in space.
Yeah, WOY as in We Own You.
where no botnet/porn/rickrolling has gone before.
Dear sirs:
I am the son of the Eternal Living God of Mars, who was recently assinated by opposition forces. I cincerely need you help to transfer 5,000,000 Gomlets (Five million gromlets) from my planet to yours...
Who would win this election: Andrew Weiner vs Andrew Weiner's weiner.
Get your .co.moon domain name today!
Grab your name before someone squats on your moon.
It is .awesome
But the internet is provided through a contract with Verizon Wireless, the $49.99Million/mo 'Unlimited' plan includes 100Mb of data 25k/25k transfer speeds and 1 email account.
When I posted, "a/s/l check?" to 'Fun Single's this morning I got: "45/m/Rp = 6714 km, i = 51.6419 degrees. Please chat with me, it's really lonely up here," as a response.
Motorcycles, Robots, Space Gossip and More!
Houston, please repeat. Right. Yes, the new solar panel has been successfully installed. ISS out.
Today:
hstn, lol wut?1? ya we pwnd sol pan1 suxrz1!!
Today's Sesame Street was brought to you by the number e.
Or playing WoW. "Sorry guys I can't raid tonight, gotta go do a spacewalk to fix a solar panel."
I do what I must because of what I must do.
Maybe the ISS has already been slashdotted... watch out below!
In a week it's going to look like a snow globe in there!
I guess the vacuum of space was too much of a challenge to overcome with RFC1149 IP datagrams.
Or playing WoW. "Sorry guys I can't do the spacewalk to fix the solar panel, got a raid tonight."
fixed :D
Living With a Nerd
Fire up EVE ONLINE !! From SPACE !!
~ People that think they are better than anyone else for any reason are the cause of all the strife in the world.
Thank you for your online order; Online Pizza Delivery status: "6-12 months, Pending Space Shuttle availability; NEW click here for 2 day super saver shipping"
Don't let'em set up their own web server. They probably don't want the spacestation slashdotted...
http://www.beanleafpress.com
The answer could be guessed from the fact that there is no code for international waters.
Oy! Matey!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_code
HI should be reserved for Dutch-style coffee shops.
Still no aliens. Please send more people with large heads. Definately no brain eating aliens here.
Who would win this election: Andrew Weiner vs Andrew Weiner's weiner.
Which after years of controversy and intense packet analysis would finally be corrected as "That's one small tweet for a man. One giant tweet for mankind".
I'm in my right mind and I have the answer to everything!
I-can-see-russia-from-my-space-station is also available!
If you mod me down, I *will* introduce you to my sister!
I did find it ironic that the "first" internet usage in space was from a man named Creamer.
SPACE POST!!!
Paying taxes to buy civilization is like paying a hooker to buy love.
Is that like playing the Sims on Earth?
You cannot warp because you are warp scrambled.