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posted April 29, 2008 11:19 PM               

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From GovernmentAttic.org [via NASA Watch]

NASA list of books, movies, television shows, and music maintained on the International Space Station (ISS) for recreational/off-duty consumption [PDF 1.76mb] as released by the Johnson Space Center on April 23, 2008 in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

The document does not list two books that were brought and left on the ISS by spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi: "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Robert Heinlein and "Faust" by Johanne Wolfgang von Goethe. "I say I am starting a library — there are books up there, but anyway I'm the first one to say it should be a library, so I am taking up a couple of books," said Simyoni as to why he brought them.

The list is also missing the DVD copies of the TV show "Firefly" and its theatrical spinoff "Serenity," brought to the ISS by "Browncoat Astronaut" Steve Swanson on STS-117.

As an aside, though not the copy listed, "The Right Stuff" movie was for a time on the ISS courtesy collectSPACE and Warner Bros., as a gift for the Expedition 7 crew. Though Ed Lu was unable to bring the DVD, which was signed by members of the cast and crew, back with him on Soyuz TMA-2, it was slated for return on a later shuttle mission.

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posted April 30, 2008 01:49 PM               

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Heh heh. I wonder who brought up "Animal House"...

They need more real space books up there!

--John

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posted April 30, 2008 02:09 PM               

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I am very excited to see that my place of employment, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, is seen on the ISS.

Dave

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posted April 30, 2008 07:57 PM               

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I work in an academic library. I will have to let some colleagues know about this as they will be glad to know there is a real cataloged library in space.

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posted April 30, 2008 09:22 PM               

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I guess they're taking advantage of the fact that NetFlix doesn't charge late fees.

I want to know who is responsible for Best In Show. Not mainstream at all.

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posted May 01, 2008 09:19 AM               

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I guess it is just a coincidence but how remakable is it that there is a public info officer at JSC named Stella Luna?? I am no Italian scholar but I believe that means "star moon." How appropriate for her to work at NASA.

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posted May 03, 2008 04:42 PM               

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'Stella Luna' has worked at JSC for a very long time. I first met her at the library of the Johnson space center back in the 1980's. Yes she is a real person, and that's her real name.

-Lou

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