Is the Space Station running Windows?

Griff • Jun 15, 2007 8:23 am
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Spacewalking astronauts aim to repair a damaged thermal blanket on the space shuttle Atlantis on Friday as U.S. and Russian controllers struggle with a worrying computer failure on the International Space Station.


I wonder how old the hardware is up there? Scarey business.
Beestie • Jun 15, 2007 8:31 am
Gives the expression "Blue screen of death" a whole new dimension.
Griff • Jun 15, 2007 8:33 am
Yep. "Icey Blue Screen of Death."
Beestie • Jun 15, 2007 8:47 am
In Space, no one can hear you reBoot.
Flint • Jun 15, 2007 9:37 am
airlock.exe has encountered a fatal error...
nowhereman • Jun 15, 2007 2:07 pm
I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that ... :eek:
Shawnee123 • Jun 15, 2007 3:51 pm
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Flint • Jun 15, 2007 4:06 pm
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Shawnee123 • Jun 15, 2007 4:09 pm
Perfect way to start my weekend, lmao. Bye all, thanks for the laughs and the help today! (blows kisses)
Flint • Jun 15, 2007 4:11 pm
Enjoy yourself...keep bein' you... . . .
lumberjim • Jun 15, 2007 4:24 pm
A F U error
Flint • Jun 15, 2007 4:29 pm
"I don't wanna be a dick or nothin', but your chart says you're all fucked up. Your shit's all retarded and you talk like a fag." - Idiocracy
Maui Nick • Jun 22, 2007 6:57 pm
Beestie;355301 wrote:
Gives the expression "Blue screen of death" a whole new dimension.


It's old Russian stuff, probably with its roots in the Soviet era.

Therefore: Red Screen Of Death. Or possibly the Iron Curtain Of Death. (redundant?)
fargon • Jun 22, 2007 10:09 pm
So long and thanks for all the fish.
wolf • Jun 23, 2007 1:41 am
I think I read or saw something that indicated that NASA was still using DOS.

Perhaps not ... Penguins in Space?

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