Podcasting from space!

What a remarkable use of technology. This is what really makes me happy… people using technology to do things that aid and help for a greater cause. This recording was made a day before landing, STS-114 Mission Specialist Steve Robinson transmitted the first podcast ever from space! Listen to it here.

As a kid I used to watch a lot of UGC programs on telly that had a lot to do with space. This podcast brings back memories of good old school days and my space fantacies… I really liked how Steve concluded his podcast…

At any rate I will close this very brief first podcast from space with a greeting to all Earthings and a thank you for your interest and support. Whether you support the space program or not, you’re learning from it. You’re learning from it the very moment you hear this and think about what we’re doing. And I think that learning is what looking over the horizon is all about, and don’t forget that learning can be exciting and fun, too, because that’s certainly what this mission has been all about.

Steve Robinson’s — first podcaster from space

Hello, this is Mission Specialist Number 2 Steve Robinson from the Space Shuttle Discovery. We’re high in orbit on our last day of orbit. Tomorrow we come home. I’m currently talking to you just off the southeast tip of Indonesia in the daylight and moving on towards night. It’s been a fantastic mission up here, absolutely amazing. Some of the hardest work that any of us have ever done. We haven’t had a whole lot of sleep, and we’ve been extremely busy and really happy.
The mission has been a test flight. We’ve tried lots of new things on this mission, from inspecting the Space Shuttle in space using all kinds of robot arms and sensors, to doing experimental spacewalks, which have also gone very, very well, and it’s been very gratifying to learn so much about our orbiter.

Thanks Jon.