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David Cooper

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The Last Show with David Cooper
Intergalactic Outlook Problems

And so what they're doing is they're picking and choosing which images get shared back with Earth.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Intergalactic Outlook Problems

They took 175 gigabytes of imagery just for the lunar flyby, and I'm sure there's lots more for the rest of the mission.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Intergalactic Outlook Problems

So I'm willing to bet that only a fraction of what was taken has been shared with Earth.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Intergalactic Outlook Problems

And when they do land afterward, they'll pull all of the SD cards off of the devices and they will copy them all down.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Intergalactic Outlook Problems

NASA has said it's their mission to get all of the imagery processed and shared publicly within six months.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Intergalactic Outlook Problems

So there's a lot more to come because a lot of it simply couldn't be sent remotely because the pipe from deep space isn't as big as the ones that we're using now for our internet.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Intergalactic Outlook Problems

And you're not the only one.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Intergalactic Outlook Problems

I don't think I've ever met anyone who likes Outlook.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Intergalactic Outlook Problems

Certainly, I don't.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Intergalactic Outlook Problems

I've used it at various points in my life, not because I wanted to, but because of companies that I was working either for or with.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Intergalactic Outlook Problems

That's what they standardized on.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Intergalactic Outlook Problems

If you're an Office 365 customer, you're using Outlook, and no one likes it.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Intergalactic Outlook Problems

Each astronaut has been issued what's called a PCD or a Personal Computing Device.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Intergalactic Outlook Problems

Basically, it's a Surface Pro tablet that is, of course, a Microsoft device, so it has Microsoft software on it.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Intergalactic Outlook Problems

And just after they got into orbit on the first day of the mission, Reid Wiseman, who's the commander, said his PCD, his Outlook, wasn't working.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Intergalactic Outlook Problems

And so Mission Control said, look, we'll remotely take it over.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Intergalactic Outlook Problems

They can do that.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Intergalactic Outlook Problems

Kind of like tech support here on Earth, but I'm guessing a little higher tech.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Intergalactic Outlook Problems

and they were able to reload the software and get it working again.