Weather Forecast? Just Call the ISS Crew
Russian spacecraft carries snails, photo eqt, food to ISS, ITAR/TASS
“Telling about promising space technologies, Solovyov said, “FCC specialists seek to bring space research technologies closer to users down here on Earth. If a subscriber to some mobile communications network wants to know a weather forecast for the Ural Mountains area, for example, he may contact the ISS crew by mobile phone.”
Editor’s note: Is this a Russian|English translation issue – or is this guy just confused about what can – and cannot be done on board ISS?
