“An upgraded Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and a veteran shuttle commander docked with the International Space Station Saturday evening after a two-day orbital chase, boosting the lab’s crew back to six,” William Harwood reports for CNET. “Astronaut Scott Kelly’s teenage daughter, Samantha, celebrating her birthday in Moscow, promptly asked her dad for an iPhone, ‘so I can keep up with your trip.'”
“‘I’m sorry, I didn’t hear that,’ Kelly replied from orbit during a call from the Russian mission control center,” Harwood reports. “‘Pleeeaaassseee?’ his daughter pleaded.”
Harwood reports, “Kelly did not reply as U.S. and Russian space officials laughed.”
Much more in the full article here.
So Apple has a store on the ISS? How did I miss this?
Cheers!
So Apple has a store on the ISS? How did I miss this?
Cheers!
Well, she sure put him on the spot!
Well, she sure put him on the spot!
Get her a Kin. That will shut her up.
Get her a Kin. That will shut her up.
Would make for an interesting FaceTime commercial.
Would make for an interesting FaceTime commercial.
C’mon Commander Kelly…it’s her birthday!
C’mon Commander Kelly…it’s her birthday!
FaceTime lets me stay in touch with my 4-year-old from 7,000 miles away, so it might work…
FaceTime lets me stay in touch with my 4-year-old from 7,000 miles away, so it might work…
She may be a teenaged girl but she manipulates men like a woman twice her age.
Kids grow up so fast.
She may be a teenaged girl but she manipulates men like a woman twice her age.
Kids grow up so fast.
Apple can’t buy advertising this good, and international to boot. Something makes me think Steve should send this kid a birthday present.
Apple can’t buy advertising this good, and international to boot. Something makes me think Steve should send this kid a birthday present.
@Big Al
“She may be a teenaged girl but she manipulates men like a woman twice her age.”
LOL, so true, Fathers are just training dummies for them to perfect their skills until they hit the big leagues.
@Big Al
“She may be a teenaged girl but she manipulates men like a woman twice her age.”
LOL, so true, Fathers are just training dummies for them to perfect their skills until they hit the big leagues.
Somehow I think Samantha might be getting a surprise birthday present from Cupertino.
Would be cool to see spacemen use the iPad for the onboard day-to-day utility. It does highlight the need for a stylus though if the iPad were to be carried outside to be used by men in space suits.
Somehow I think Samantha might be getting a surprise birthday present from Cupertino.
Would be cool to see spacemen use the iPad for the onboard day-to-day utility. It does highlight the need for a stylus though if the iPad were to be carried outside to be used by men in space suits.
Steve should, in conjunction with the Facetime integration with iChat and other PC based video chats…
Steve should, in conjunction with the Facetime integration with iChat and other PC based video chats…
@acid
Neat idea, problem is the iPad is not space rated. The hard radiation would cause havoc on the materials, not to mention the cross junction rectification would cook the CPU and other electronics.
Here`s an example(s) of something space rated….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIL-STD-1750A
They`re usually very, very robust
@acid
Neat idea, problem is the iPad is not space rated. The hard radiation would cause havoc on the materials, not to mention the cross junction rectification would cook the CPU and other electronics.
Here`s an example(s) of something space rated….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIL-STD-1750A
They`re usually very, very robust
But we have lots of telephones already. Can’t you think of something else you would like?
Yes, a bush baby.