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Dagens vintageur.

Godmorgon! GMT idag...jag bor i annan annan datumzoon så bortse från den 23.....;)
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"braking the law" her också, men om nogon glädja als över denna - så tror jag det er her blant mina vintage vänar: Speedy thuesday ble Timex tirsdag - via Nasa
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Astronaut James H. Newman wears the Timex Datalink model 70502 on STS-88
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Astronauts have a choice of four watches that are certified to fly in space, says Stephanie Walker. Stephanie Walker is a subsystem manager for flight crew equipment at Johnson Space Center. These watches can be purchased at retail stores. "The certification process assures that they can perform and not self-destruct in the vacuum of space. With pressure variances and temperature extremes, watch components may expand, rupture, or crack, causing a potential hazard to the crew." Many materials are safe on Earth, but in space they may emit gases. These gases can contaminate the space atmosphere. This would cause a strain on the air recycling and purification systems.

"The old standby watch is the Omega® Speed Master watch," says Walker. Omega was made famous by Apollo astronauts as they conducted space walks.

The new watch for astronauts is the Timex® Ironman. This cutting-edge timepiece sells for less than $100. It has a light-emitting diode (LED) port to synchronize up to 10 alarms to the calendar of a personal computer, stores 38 telephone numbers, identifies messages, displays the time in two different time zones, and comes close to serving as a wrist computer, Walker says.

Courtesy of NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate
Published by NASAexplores: May 1, 2002
 
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