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Endeavour accompanied by Rocket Man

Damian Gabriel Moran

as long as... 

Happy

it is the Shatner rendition!

Edwin

Not that new... 

Jobs Horns

A quick search on the world's favourite data miner reveals e.g. http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=22762

HFoster

So? 

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This is interesting why, exactly? Couldn't give a monkey's toss if astronauts took sheet music and a chamber orchestra with them.

Wait. Actually, no. The chamber orchestra would be far more interesting than some eagle-eyed sadsack spotting an iPod in a NASA photograph. Too much time on his hands, no doubt.

TimM

Battery 

Paris Hilton

What. Apple let them actually change the battery? !

Paris - cos she like's her ipod.

Paul Bruneau

Why no lithium? 

Why does lithium have to go?

Anonymous Coward

Alkaline batteries? 

Paris Hilton

So are the laptops used on space missions equipped with Li-Ion batteries, or are they running on alkalines as well?

--Paris icon because I'm sure she has many toys that take alkaline batteries.

Michael

@ Why no Lithium 

Flame

Essentially, because the Shuttle and ISS are VERY enclosed spaces, and the contents of a lithium-ion battery are toxic, corrosive, flammable and potentially explosive. The risks aren't worth the weight and size benefits.

vincent himpe

wake me 

Jobs Horns

when they have an ipod that runs on a fuel cell...

looks more like a white zune to me ...

TeeCee

So it's true then? 

Coat

It really is f***ing Rocket Science to change the batteries on an iPod.

Spacesuit please.