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NASA astronauts can now bring their phones with them on their mission to the moon (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmus.org/post/19951473

NASA astronauts will soon fly with the latest smartphones, beginning with Crew-12 and Artemis II. We are giving our crews the tools to capture special moments for their families and share inspiring images and video with the world. Just as important, we challenged long-standing processes and qualified modern hardware for spaceflight on an expedited timeline. That operational urgency will serve NASA well as we pursue the highest-value science and research in orbit and on the lunar surface. This is a small step in the right direction.

Source: NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 14 points 1 day ago

Imagine forgetting your phone on the moon.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It will be interesting to see how the hardware handles the Van Allen Belts. Radiation hardening is a fairly big part of spacecraft planning, and limits what hardware can be used.

[–] scott@lem.free.as 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I feel that the craft itself would be shielded so that the extraneous stuff inside doesn't have to be.

[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I heard that Artemis II will have all new shielding for crossing the Van Allen Belt and will be carrying test equipment to measure possible effects

[–] rowinxavier@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In our current capitalist hellscape I think the crew will be listed as test equipment for measuring radiation.

[–] ebolapie@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Nah, astronauts are hella expensive.

[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

I wish it were so. The spacecraft helps, but doesn't block everything.

[–] 007ace@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I wonder if they still have the EDGE network up there. No 5g towers on the moon...

[–] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 2 points 19 hours ago

Maybe they'll connect directly to the deep space network

[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

Not yet