Astronaut’s Head Upgraded During Spacewalk

By Miss Cellania in Pictures on Apr 1, 2009 at 6:04 am

From NASA’s always-amazing Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Now, as part of the planned upgrade of the International Space Station, an Expedition 18 astronaut has upgraded her own head. The Human Extended Analog Device 9000 was attached with only minor delays, making the astronaut’s remaining spacewalks over 40 percent more efficient. With the HEAD 9000 attached, an astronaut can now directly access 4 Gigabytes of computer flash memory with their own brain, perform complex mathematics by “directed thinking”, and play a pre-installed game of Tetris at no additional charge.

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Tags: APOD, April Fool, nasa

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N.M.
Apr 1st, 2009 at 6:36 am
Quite obvious april’s fool hoax. But how far away are we from this to be actually true?

Well… Tetris seems a bit far fetched anyway… Maybe pong with eyeball controlled “rackets”.
Miss Cellania
Apr 1st, 2009 at 7:24 am
Oh yeah, if you go to the link, you’ll see that I ended the quote excerpt at just the right place.
MosselKots
Apr 1st, 2009 at 7:52 am
Ok that’s just an astronaut carrying a crate of sorts..
But what I was wondering..
what’s he doing with that miniature guitar on his hip? =]
MosselKots
Apr 1st, 2009 at 7:56 am
(crate of sorts = box-like Nitrogen Tank Assembly, apparently)
Gauldar
Apr 1st, 2009 at 8:53 am
“and play a pre-installed game of Tetris at no additional charge.”

But I bet that if you want to play Bejeweled 2 you need to pay extra. Yep, that’s how they get ya.
Liam
Apr 1st, 2009 at 9:03 am
Really Head 9000? What is that like Hal’s cousin or something?
ted
Apr 1st, 2009 at 10:21 am
Coulda titled it “NASA gives astronaut head”
Another Jake
Apr 1st, 2009 at 5:50 pm
What a blockhead…

He’s even more square than other astronauts…

In fact he’s like nerdiness cubed…

…

ok, that’s enough.
laly
Apr 1st, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Tell me he didn’t loose it…

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