Why in the everliving fuck would NASA put ANYTHING Microsoft into a spacecraft?
this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2026
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Because Gates fucked Children with the President on Epstein’s Island…
It's almost as if this bullshit project was just pork barrelling for overpriced contracts.
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The entire craft is built by giant US legacy corporations. Boeing, Lockheed, Northrop, etc. Microsoft is just one more in the pile.
Your laptop is built by "legacy corporations, " but if you put Linux on it, it works better.
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They are going to space to seed the cloud
It is a personal device
Personal devices running Outlook should be rapidly deorbited
You would think that Microsoft would be like this is going to space. Let's pull out all the stops. But no, it's the same corporate crap!
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If only there were low-bandwidth, straight-forward, well tested email clients.....
"NASA says they'll remotely connect to the computer to see what the problem is."
'Hello, this is your NASA certified Microsoft certied tech support, you need to send us gift cards to unblock your computer"
"WHY HAVE YOU REDEEM"
DOOOOO NOOOT REDEEEM!
Kitboga is the best
Also known as "nominal outlook performance"
It seems you have problems with running your multi billion dollar rocket. Would you like me to help you with that?
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Imagine being literally off the planet and still be expected to check your work email.
I mean if you are on a work trip it is pretty standard
You would think that the absolute basic, minimum requirement for taking something on a space mission is that it complies with open standards.
If you have standards compliant programs, it's easy to set up a back-up client in case the primary doesn't work. If your email is "Outlook" and you are tied to the outlook server and something breaks, there's your single point of failure. Sucks to be you.
The rare occasion when "It's not rocket science!" means it's harder.
Wtf do they need email for in space
In space, no one can hear you call tech support.
Who the f permits taking unverified software on a space trip?
This is just… so perfectly emblematic of where we are as a society.
Why would you not use internal NASA programmed software? Oh wait, we're beyond that now, we just ask Claude to vomit up a mess from its exabytes of source code and vibe our way to the Moon!!!
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they rely on microsoft?!?
holy shit, and here i thought the job is dangerous as is.
See? They're just like us!
Microsoft, because sucking only on one planet isn't enough..
Microsoft has always been questionable at best but ever since Steve Ballmer left, is been incredibly shit.
The Apollo 13 movie sequel will be wild...
Trying to imagine Jim Lovell's reaction when Apollo 13 blue-screens and has to reboot. What an amateurish shitshow NASA has become.
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What a surprise. Microslop
So they're not only using Microslop in offices, but also on space missions...? Gee, I wonder why they've been failing to return to the Moon for 50 years...
embarrassing.
Have they tried unplugging it and plugging it back in?
Shoulda installed Thunderbird
Don't worry, the Microsoft ~~spyware~~ telemetry will tell them what went wrong.
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