“It’s the ultimate high, orbiting 210 miles above the Earth in the space shuttle watching the planet whip by at 17,500 mph and listening to your favorite music,” Gina Sunseri reports for ABC News.
“Every astronaut on the space shuttle Endeavour has an iPod. NASA certified the MP3 players for flight about a year ago. Astronauts used to carry CD players, but iPods are better because they are smaller and weigh less,” Sunseri reports.
Sunseri reports, “Canadian-born spacewalker Dave Williams has a song his daughter recorded. ‘She plays the piano and she recorded ‘What a Wonderful World It Is’ for me to play while I looked at the Earth… So it is going to be a great flight,’ said Williams, ‘and I am looking forward to looking out the window listening to the music.'”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “bob” for the heads up.]