The Space Shuttle had a 59-pound printer on board, known as the Interim Teleprinter. Putting this heavy printer in orbit cost $1.5 million per flight, but it was a key piece of flight hardware,
providing the astronauts with mission plans, weather reports, and other documents from Mission Control. Let's take a look inside... 1/12
@kenshirriff Ooh very timely as I prepare to go to https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/ today. The people there are the kind who'd be excited to hear you got the shuttle Interim Teleprinter running again.