Andrew Faden1d ago
Famous quotes from NASA mission comms:
- Apollo 11: "The Eagle has landed"
- Apollo 13: "Houston, we have a problem"
- Artemis 2: "We are still updating Outlook so everything but email is go"
Show threadDaveography 🇨🇦

@faden

My partner: Just the other day, we thought "Wow, they're up there with the same technology as us! 😀" ...now we're all "Wow, they're up there with the same technology as us? 😬"

Apr 6 at 3:56amWeb
Show threadAndrew Faden17h ago
@Daveography Ha exactly, they were troubleshooting issues with their GoPros too. So weird to see them just using regular consumer tech, but I guess it makes sense for some things rather than developing specialized hardware and software in house.
Show threadAndrew Faden17h ago
@Daveography Also it really struck me how addicted to smartphones we are a species when I saw that they designed a special smartphone pocket in their space suits.
Show threadMartin Vermeer FCD9h ago

@faden @Daveography I unearthed this early unintended effect of using COTS products in space:

https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/server/api/core/bitstreams/f70983c0-6999-4e1a-a3c3-595690607148/content#Hfootnote.231

Show threadmatthiasm3h ago
@faden @Daveography Oh, so there is hope that one of my next Bluejeans could have a smartphone pocket that is really useable. (See, Levi‘s had watchpockets since 1873, but no one is using pocket watches anymore since the 1930s.)