Why in the everliving fuck would NASA put ANYTHING Microsoft into a spacecraft?
this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2026
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Because Gates fucked Children with the President on Epstein’s Island…
It's almost as if this bullshit project was just pork barrelling for overpriced contracts.
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The entire craft is built by giant US legacy corporations. Boeing, Lockheed, Northrop, etc. Microsoft is just one more in the pile.
Your laptop is built by "legacy corporations, " but if you put Linux on it, it works better.
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They are going to space to seed the cloud
Its a personal device
Personal devices running Outlook should be rapidly deorbited
You would think that Microsoft would be like this is going to space. Let's pull out all the stops. But no, it's the same corporate crap!
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If only there were low-bandwidth, straight-forward, well tested email clients.....
"NASA says they'll remotely connect to the computer to see what the problem is."
'Hello, this is your NASA certified Microsoft certied tech support, you need to send us gift cards to unblock your computer"
"WHY HAVE YOU REDEEM"
DOOOOO NOOOT REDEEEM!
Kitboga is the best
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Also known as "nominal outlook performance"
You would think that the absolute basic, minimum requirement for taking something on a space mission is that it complies with open standards.
If you have standards compliant programs, it's easy to set up a back-up client in case the primary doesn't work. If your email is "Outlook" and you are tied to the outlook server and something breaks, there's your single point of failure. Sucks to be you.
What if the problem is server side
What if the problem is DNS
Haha yeah, I use outlook at work as a webpage in LibreWolf in Linux, so even with open stuff on my local hardware I can definitely still have outlook issues.
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Imagine being literally off the planet and still be expected to check your work email.
I mean if you are on a work trip it is pretty standard
It seems you have problems with running your multi billion dollar rocket. Would you like me to help you with that?
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The rare occasion when "It's not rocket science!" means it's harder.
Wtf do they need email for in space
This is just… so perfectly emblematic of where we are as a society.
Who the f permits taking unverified software on a space trip?
In space, no one can hear you call tech support.
they rely on microsoft?!?
holy shit, and here i thought the job is dangerous as is.
Can you imagine if Copilot fucks up the mission
ai and microsoft. it's like a entshittyfication bingo. chivers down my spine.
Why would you not use internal NASA programmed software? Oh wait, we're beyond that now, we just ask Claude to vomit up a mess from its exabytes of source code and vibe our way to the Moon!!!
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See? They're just like us!
The Apollo 13 movie sequel will be wild...
Trying to imagine Jim Lovell's reaction when Apollo 13 blue-screens and has to reboot. What an amateurish shitshow NASA has become.
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So they're not only using Microslop in offices, but also on space missions...? Gee, I wonder why they've been failing to return to the Moon for 50 years...
Microsoft, because sucking only on one planet isn't enough..
What a surprise. Microslop
Have they tried unplugging it and plugging it back in?
embarrassing.
Shoulda installed Thunderbird
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