[ih] Internet History - first extraterrestrial Internet error message?

[Miles Fidelman]

Anybody remember a series of science fiction stories involving the 
Interstellar Postal Union?  Address it, mail it, and they will come.

Miles

On 8/9/20 3:13 AM, Jack Haverty via Internet-history wrote:
> I just read an article about the recent SpaceX/NASA mission.  Although
> it all went amazingly well, there were a few glitches.....
>
> The astronauts had an Ipad Mini onboard, containing apps they use as
> digital "manuals".  After undocking to head back to Earth, they
> contacted Mission Control for a little technical help.  From the
> Business Insider article:
>
> "
> /"The timeline application on my tablet gives me an error message that
> Safari cannot open the page," Behnken said, noting the app said it
> couldn't load the app due to not being connected to the internet.
> "//
> /
> I suspect this is a milestone for Internet History.
>
> /Jack
>
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