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Space Station Astronauts Gain Internet Access

Posted by kdawson on from the how's-the-latency-up-there dept.

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."

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  1. Great... by Pojut · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...now they are gonna be so busy lolcatting and 4channing it up that nothing is gonna get done.

    GG.

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  2. Infection in 3.. 2.. by TubeSteak · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Remember the last time(s) the Space Station's laptops got infected?

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  3. Space tweets? by BenoitRen · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So they finally get Internet access, and one of the first things they use it for is a tweet on Twitter? Talk about useless.

    1. Re:Space tweets? by Grygus · · Score: 4, Insightful

      When funding is on the line, PR becomes important work.

  4. Re:Latency? by amicusNYCL · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The latency probably isn't as bad as one would expect. Sure, it seems far, but it's a straight shot. Also, a link between US and Europe would be significantly farther.

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  5. Wasted opportunity by Evildonald · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I can't believe with all that time they've got up there, they wasted their first tweet not writing

    That's one small tweet for man. One giant tweet for mankind.