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NASA Gets Political


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Voting From Space - NASA Gets Political (VIDEO)
NASA Gets Political
Published: Oct 29, 08
Comments: 1
Views: 1,437

With the election up next week, Americans are buzzing about early voting and everything to do with politics. Well, the U.S. is ensuring no one misses their chance to voice their choice—they’re even letting astronauts vote from space!

NASA astronauts Michael Fincke and Greg Chamitoff are trying to encourage other Americans to vote too, and even created a video on board the International Space Station, seen above.

As for them, “Their local county clerks offices sent special secured ballots via Mission Control at Johnson Space Center in Houston up to the space station,” Wired said. “The two astronauts must use a crew member-specific credential to access their secure ballots and then return them electronically to Earth.”

Pff, and I thought the elections were already so modern because politicians were reaching out on social networking sites and launching viral videos.

References:  blog.wired

Filed In:  political science social tech






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Sandra Winn on Oct 29, 08  423 Trends   1,248 Comments
LOL, Bianca, your final words were great. :-)
Sandra Winn on Oct 29, 08  423 Trends   1,248 Comments 0


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