Lucky cosmonaut and astronauts. Not only do they get the best corner office view ever, but they also have a legit version of Star Trek downloaded. The three men currently on board the International Space Station received a special copy of the film via NASA and settled into a dark node of the station to enjoy the show yesterday.
Michael Barratt, the American astronaut, requested the film before boarding a space-bound shuttle in March, said Ms. Cloutier. He told NASA officials that he was a lifelong admirer of the TV series and did not want to miss this latest big-screen installment while off-planet. It was beamed up to them – really – after being reformatted by NASA technicians in a five-hour procedure Thursday night and beamed up Friday morning.
I’m mean, what more can you want out of life: rides on a Space Shuttle whenever, pissing in zero gravity, and a downloaded copy of Star Trek literally out of reach from the MPAA. Life must be good.
You couldn’t find a more recent picture of the ISS? C’mon people.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/iss_sts119_images.html
This is real cool. I finally got to see it today, myself. Hope they enjoyed it as much as I did. I’m not even a Trekker!
Here’s the real question – did they have surround sound and subwoofers? Surely they at least had popcorn and soda?
I imagine the acoustics in that thing are fantastic. Was it in HD?
… and then the torrenting begun. Say hello to the space pirates (some webcomic predicted it, albeit on the moon though).