Which laptops will work in outer space ? ? ? ?

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I'm an alien from outer space and I need one of your Earth laptops for
my mission.Which of your Earth laptops will work in outer space ?

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Jake6535 wrote:
> Although I know you aern't serious,
> Go for a Panasonic toughbook. They can usually do the job.

There's been an IBM Thinkpad on every Shuttle mission!

"IBM ThinkPads have been part of NASA's Space Shuttle program since December
1993 when a ThinkPad 750C was launched on the space shuttle Endeavour. An
average of seven ThinkPad notebook computers are launched on every Space
Shuttle mission. ThinkPads have also been launched on Russian Soyuz and
Proton rockets. The IBM ThinkPads used by NASA are standard off-the-shelf
computers. Only slight modifications are performed for space flight."

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=213

The Thinkpad is also a normal part of the inventory of the International
Space Station.

Current SSC (Station Support Computer) Laptop Status:

7 SSC ThinkPad A31p laptops in use (1 File server, 5 OOC, 1 crew personal)
1 ThinkPad A31p in use (as CPSD/crew personal support drive, not on network)
1 ThinkPad A31p at SM Central Post (on loan to RS & converted to LT1).
6 SSC ThinkPad 760XD laptops in use (4 SSC Clients, 1 SSC Router, 1 OCA
Router)

Regards,

James

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"JHEM" <James@ESAD.SPAMMERS.thinkpads.com> wrote in message
news:2bTMd.7617$f%5.6477@trndny03...
> Jake6535 wrote:
> > Although I know you aern't serious,
> > Go for a Panasonic toughbook. They can usually do the job.
>
> There's been an IBM Thinkpad on every Shuttle mission!
>
> "IBM ThinkPads have been part of NASA's Space Shuttle program since
December
> 1993 when a ThinkPad 750C was launched on the space shuttle Endeavour. An
> average of seven ThinkPad notebook computers are launched on every Space
> Shuttle mission. ThinkPads have also been launched on Russian Soyuz and
> Proton rockets. The IBM ThinkPads used by NASA are standard off-the-shelf
> computers. Only slight modifications are performed for space flight."
>
> http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=213
>
> The Thinkpad is also a normal part of the inventory of the International
> Space Station.
>
> Current SSC (Station Support Computer) Laptop Status:
>
> 7 SSC ThinkPad A31p laptops in use (1 File server, 5 OOC, 1 crew personal)
> 1 ThinkPad A31p in use (as CPSD/crew personal support drive, not on
network)
> 1 ThinkPad A31p at SM Central Post (on loan to RS & converted to LT1).
> 6 SSC ThinkPad 760XD laptops in use (4 SSC Clients, 1 SSC Router, 1 OCA
> Router)
>
> Regards,
>
> James
>

Any idea if they run SETI@Home on those laptops when they are not using
them? That would be a funny op-ed article.

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jakdedert wrote:
>
> But will they continue to use ThinkPads when they are made in China?

The majority of them are already made in China.

Regards,

James

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Dan Simper wrote:

> I'm an alien from outer space and I need one of your Earth laptops for
> my mission.Which of your Earth laptops will work in outer space ?

none will. its ~2 to 300 degrees below zero F.

--redpIll