A few months ago, Scott pondered how many iPods were in space. Well we have a confirmed sighting of at least one more, besides Anousheh Ansari's, on the International Space Station. Click through to the hi-res version of this pic of European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter, an Expedition 14 flight engineer, and play our own iPod-centric version of Where's Waldo.
Next up from Apple: a complete line of NASA + iPod products?
Thanks, Marco!
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12-11-2006 @ 4:19PM
Charlie Wood said...
I wonder if skinnier astronauts get to take more stuff with them. It seems only fair to have a total mass budget.
:-)
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12-11-2006 @ 4:27PM
Harry said...
is he using powerpoint?!?!
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12-11-2006 @ 5:01PM
Donald Burr said...
> Next up from Apple: a complete line of NASA + iPod products?
Hmm, I can just see it now...
* iPod + Space Shuttle audio system integration? (they have them in cars, and soon airplanes too, so why not?!)
* NASA + iPod EVA kit - a bluetooth receiver that docks onto your ipod, plus a bluetooth transmitter that attaches to your space suit's EVA pack. Warns you when your oxygen level is getting low, plus provides data on how efficiently (or not) you use your oxygen supply. Also keeps track of how many calories you burn on those strenuous spacewalks.
* Space Shuttle operations manuals on audiobook/podcast?
* Oh yeah, and a selection of space themed movies on iTS: Apollo 13, The Right Stuff, 2001, ..... and of course Rocket Man...
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12-11-2006 @ 5:09PM
LittleJoe said...
I found the iPod... but Im more focused on the thousands of dollars of photographic equipment velcro'd next to it!!
8-o
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12-11-2006 @ 5:28PM
Albert said...
I'm with LittleJoe, screw the iPod look at all the lenses in that picture, especially the one under the desk he is sitting at.
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12-11-2006 @ 5:34PM
Matt said...
iPod + mohawk + space = rawk ^m^
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12-11-2006 @ 5:52PM
tim said...
lately ive been reading about the processors used on the space shuttle and how much they have to be protected, so that makes me wonder how an ipod can 'just work' in space with the EM radiation.
perhaps this should be a new 'it just works' ad?
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12-11-2006 @ 6:07PM
Zachary Hinchliffe said...
Where is it?
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12-11-2006 @ 6:29PM
Justin Elbert said...
Does NASA have a deal with Nikon, or is it just me?
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12-11-2006 @ 7:21PM
HotShotNN said...
That has a whole new definition for iPod shuffle.
I just want to know how they keep the earphones from scrambling.
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12-11-2006 @ 8:30PM
Nathan said...
Yeah but a thinkpad? And a 4G ipod? Come on you think NASA would be all up to date on technology...lol
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12-11-2006 @ 8:41PM
jonas said...
ibms in space!
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12-13-2006 @ 5:48AM
su:nobody said...
Well it looks like nikon is space_compatible :), but they also use sony monitors and kenwood ham (radio amateur) transcivers...
i think i wait for a staitment of ESA or NASA :D
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