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Topic: NASA designed projection booth even for zerogravity?
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Ian Price
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Posts: 1714
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 08-19-2001 03:53 PM
Very humorous. I wonder what Matthew is on?Some interesting facts: NASA used to launch 70 mm film in to space. The Aurora spy satellite of the 1960s used to have two 70 mm cameras on board and when the film was exposed it used to re-enter the atmosphere and was pick up by an airplane while dangling from a parachute. By the 1970s the military found that waiting for the satellite to re-enter and get the film processed was too time consuming so they switched to electronic (video) intelligence gathering. When the astronauts on Mir, or the International Space Station want to watch a film they just plug a DVD in to their IBM laptops. The shuttle astronauts generally don't have enough time to watch a movie. Most shuttle missions carry an IMAX camera, which NASA has found to be the best way to record precious images. Most shots are carefully choreographed before launch. So there is film in space.
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