Space Station Astronauts Gain Internet Access 201
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."
Great... (Score:4, Insightful)
...now they are gonna be so busy lolcatting and 4channing it up that nothing is gonna get done.
GG.
Infection in 3.. 2.. (Score:4, Insightful)
Remember the last time(s) the Space Station's laptops got infected?
Space tweets? (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.
Re:Latency? (Score:4, 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.
Re:Latency? (Score:3, Insightful)
Wasted opportunity (Score:5, Insightful)
That's one small tweet for man. One giant tweet for mankind.
Re:ISO country code (Score:3, Insightful)
It's the "International Space Station". Seems to me that iss.int would be good.
Re:Space tweets? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Great... (Score:3, Insightful)
Can you imagine the latency?