Apple Takes Over Space
08.16.07 - 03:00pm
The iPod may rule the MP3 market here on earth buy why stop there? Apple is obviously way too ambitious to just rule the earth - space is the new frontier, and the iPod is flying into this frontier riding along with every astronaut on the space shuttle Endevour.
Apple first offered the players to the NASA astronauts two years ago when Andy Thomas flew on STS-114 and carried a bulky CD player with 20 CD’s. “Beethoven, Bach and the Beatles. The three Bs,” he said at a press conference.
Apple immediately called to offer their iPods to replace the out-of-date CD players but the iPods had to be certified before going into flight which took a years time.
Astronaut Tracy Caldwell told ABC news her iPod is loaded. “I am bringing up lots of stuff. I have lots of favorite artists, Gwen Stefani — in fact she went to Cal State Fullerton, the same college I went to — Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, I have a number of Christian bands like Barlow Girls, and Watermark and Casting Crowns.”
Mission Specialist Alvin Drew said, “I took my whole music collection and dumped it on an iPod to take into space so I have my entire jukebox up there, so whatever strikes my fancy I just call it up and play it.”
Canadian-born spacewalker Dave Williams has a song his daughter recorded. “She plays the piano and she recorded ‘What a Wonderful World It Is’ for me to play while I looked at the Earth… So it is going to be a great flight and I am looking forward to looking out the window listening to the music.”
The Endevour took off into space on Wednesday August 8th and is due back sometime between Sunday August 19th and Wednesday August 22nd depending on when they complete their work. Their mission is to deliver and install new components for the International Space Station.
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