Skype Journal: Air Skype
April 18, 2005 02:45 AM
Loic Le Meur used Skype on a transatlantic flight. via Scoble. As planes plug in to the Internet, Skype comes calling. Cheaper, richer and more flexible than those handsets built into the seat. Bonus: your SkypeIn numbers and Skype ID travel with you. Next stop: the International Space Station.
No joke. Students in the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station program will use Skype to talk to the ISS
today.
Two ARISS contacts have been scheduled with ESA Italian astronaut Roberto Vittori, as follows: Istituto Tecnico Industriale Liceo scientifico Tecnologico "G. Marconi" in Civitavecchia, Italy and Ist.Tecn.Comm.Einaudi-Mattei & Ist.Statale Istr. Sup. Malignani in Palmanova, Italy will share a contact with the ISS, as they are linked via Skype (internet telephony). The students from each institute will take turns asking questions. The event is scheduled for April 18 at 08:45 UTC.Some day my Skype status will be In Orbit.
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