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iPod in space

by Scott McNulty Sep 26th 2006 at 2:00PM

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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Mac Lover

Wonder how many electric nose pickers have been in space??

September 28 2006 at 3:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Eric

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.

September 27 2006 at 6:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Stephen Macklin

RAM or hard drive based?

Would the lack of gravity play havoc with the hard drive?

September 26 2006 at 8:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Pale Rider

All astronauts have the option of taking an ipod.

September 26 2006 at 5:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
derek

they dont wanna bring the zune...
"houston, we have a problem..."

September 26 2006 at 5:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
zzagatus

I hope that the lithium ion battery in the iPod doesn't explode in the space station.

September 26 2006 at 4:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dmitry Chestnykh

Mark Shuttleworth said thay had the old laptops with Windows NT/95 there at ISS in space :)

September 26 2006 at 4:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Azhar

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

September 26 2006 at 3:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tommy

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.

September 26 2006 at 2:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kyp

Goo to know they work in Zero G. Now I just need to figure the knob that controls the G in my house.

September 26 2006 at 2:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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