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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. ISO country code by logophage · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Out of curiosity, is there an ISO country code for low Earth orbit?

  2. First email by SnarfQuest · · Score: 5, Funny

    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...

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  3. Can it stream YouTube? by ICLKennyG · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  4. 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.

  5. Countdown to... by Zordak · · Score: 5, Funny
    Yesterday:

    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!!

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  6. Re:Great... by Shatteredstar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or playing WoW. "Sorry guys I can't raid tonight, gotta go do a spacewalk to fix a solar panel."

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  7. Re:Great... by Hylandr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fire up EVE ONLINE !! From SPACE !!

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  8. 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.

  9. Online Ordering by crsuperman34 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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"

  10. Re:First tweet by SnarfQuest · · Score: 5, Funny

    Still no aliens. Please send more people with large heads. Definately no brain eating aliens here.

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