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... The final frontier
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:04 am
by rep
New pictures... I thought they were rather beautiful.
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You can see some damaged tiles on this one:
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:09 am
by rep
Also, check out the label on Commander Collins' snack...
Well, no fucking shit!
Talk about a Kafkaesque bureaucracy! Why would they need to put a barcode on four crackers? (Let alone label the bag, "Crackers." !)
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In the upper left you can see how they're patching a hole where air was leaking out... With a Kraft Handi-Snacks wrapper... Apparently a space approved snack.
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:26 am
by +JuggerNaut+
that barcode is for inventory use since food doesn't come with serial numbers. no joke.
nics pics btw.
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 9:00 am
by mjrpes
rep wrote:Also, check out the label on Commander Collins' snack...
Talk about a Kafkaesque bureaucracy! Why would they need to put a barcode on four crackers? (Let alone label the bag, "Crackers." !)
It's not surprising, and it's not bureaucracy. An astronaut's meal is planned to the calorie, and, because space is in such short supply on a shuttle, a strict inventory must be kept.
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:36 pm
by Brian Slade
DO YOU Have what it takes to be a Space Man or Woman?
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:50 pm
by Foo
IBM Hardware, I see.
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 3:06 pm
by shiznit
Wow, the inside looks old and dirty. What's up with that dirty snack container on top? Also are they running windows? I can't really make it out.
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 3:30 pm
by Brian Slade
Those Display Screens look like they've been blacked out.
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 6:25 pm
by mjrpes
shiznit wrote:Also are they running windows? I can't really make it out.
If you look closely at the dim screen on the thinkpad, you can make out the Windows Taskbar. The shuttle itself runs off of MS Access + Windows ME backend.
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 6:54 pm
by rep
Wow, I totally didn't notice the IBM Thinkpad or the Mango drink.
Windows ME... I think I've found the danger they were looking for during the space walk.