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iPod in space
Anousheh Ansari is the first female space tourist, as well as the first female Muslim and Iranian in space. That's pretty cool. But what does a space tourist bring with her to help ease her to sleep? Why what has become a traveler's best friend, an iPod. Anousheh blogs about her experiences on the ISS (International Space Station) and she notes that before hitting the hay, while traveling on the Soyuz capsule bound for the ISS, she slipped on her headphones and rocked out to her iPod.Makes me wonder how many iPods have been in space.
Thanks, Dhanur.
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Carl Trimble said 2:16PM on 9-26-2006
I took mine when I was abducted.
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Kyp said 2:36PM on 9-26-2006
Goo to know they work in Zero G. Now I just need to figure the knob that controls the G in my house.
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Tommy said 2:46PM on 9-26-2006
Good thing she didn't take a zune. Then she would only be only be able to listen for five minutes before the OS crashed.
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Azhar said 3:01PM on 9-26-2006
Ive been trying to think of someone to ask that question too for ages... My fisher space pen works in space but does my ipod..... Know I know
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Dmitry Chestnykh said 4:40PM on 9-26-2006
Mark Shuttleworth said thay had the old laptops with Windows NT/95 there at ISS in space :)
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zzagatus said 4:47PM on 9-26-2006
I hope that the lithium ion battery in the iPod doesn't explode in the space station.
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derek said 5:09PM on 9-26-2006
they dont wanna bring the zune...
"houston, we have a problem..."
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Pale Rider said 5:17PM on 9-26-2006
All astronauts have the option of taking an ipod.
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Stephen Macklin said 8:07PM on 9-26-2006
RAM or hard drive based?
Would the lack of gravity play havoc with the hard drive?
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Eric said 6:53AM on 9-27-2006
the centrifugal force of the spinning platters creates enough gravity to keep the heads in check.. they float above the platters anyway. Laptops (With hardrives) have been used in space for years, heck, even cd players and floppy drives for that matter.
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Mac Lover said 4:29AM on 9-28-2006
Wonder how many electric nose pickers have been in space??
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