Android phone to blast into orbit

[arkitect]

British engineers are planning to put a mobile phone in space.
The team at Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) in Guildford want to see if the sophisticated capabilities in today's phones will function in the most challenging environment known.
The phone will run on Google's Android operating system but the exact model has not yet been disclosed.
It will be used to control a 30cm-long satellite and take pictures of the Earth in the mission later this year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12253228

It is going to get even more crowded "up there" very soon.

 

[R94N]

I find it kinda sad that there is already tons of junk out there in space and there's no humans living out there yet, if you can exclude the international space centre. That's obviously not junk!!

 

[millertime021]

If you notice, most phones say "maximum working altitude 10,000ft"

It won't work up there.

Environmental requirements
Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F
(0° to 35° C)
Nonoperating temperature: -4° to 113° F
(-20° to 45° C)
Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)

 

[iliketyla]

Hooray for Android!

 

[SpaceMagic]

I wonder if Aliens will like Angry Birds?

 

[Tailpike1153]

Can you imagine the roaming charges of trying to use a phone on the moon or is space?

 

[b0blndsy]

Can you imagine the roaming charges of trying to use a phone on the moon or is space?

ha ha

 

[PopCulture]

Wait, so they can use their phone in space, but mine has to be put away on the plane? Pissed. Lol.

 

[Hisdem]

Wait, so they can use their phone in space, but mine has to be put away on the plane? Pissed. Lol.

This.