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DirecTV offers free install to International Space Station

by Steven Kim, posted Nov 16th 2007 at 4:42PM

DirecTV offers free install to ISS
We imagine it can get lonely out in space, and the view from out there only makes it worse. DirecTV has stepped up to help combat boredom aboard the International Space Station's newly-added Harmony living module by offering to install a 42-inch flat screen HDTV (LCD or plasma not specified) and HD DVR, gratis. As DirecTV's John Gieselman said, "Sure, there's the awe-inspiring view of planet earth from more than 200 miles up, but what do you do for an encore after you've entered your 180th day in space?" Reach for the velcro-wrapped remote, that's what! Oh yeah, DirecTV also offered up their top engineer to come out and assist in getting the dish mounted on the module's roof. Somehow we doubt NASA will be ok with a promise that "he'll be there sometime between 8AM and 6PM."

Live HD downlink from ISS on Discovery HD Wednesday

by Richard Lawler, posted Nov 13th 2006 at 3:22PM

Catch a high-def lunch with International Space Station commander Michael Lopez-Alegria when Discovery HD airs the first live HD transmission from space Wednesday morning. Using a Sony HD 750A camera and through a partnership between NHK, Discovery and NASA, HDTV owners will get their best ever look at life in space from the comforts of our own homes. The broadcast is set for 11:30 a.m. (EST) and unlike some previous Discovery HD shows is on the US broadcast schedule.


[Thanks, Michael]




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