WNYC's Transmitter
kqedscience: Extreme Voting: How Astronauts Cast Ballots from Space “Call it the ultimate absentee ballot. NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station have the option of voting in [today’s] presidential election from orbit, hundreds of miles above their nearest polling location. Astronauts residing on the orbiting lab receive a digital version of their ballot, which is beamed up by Mission Control at the agency’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston. Filled-out ballots find their way back down to Earth along the same path.”

kqedscience:

Extreme Voting: How Astronauts Cast Ballots from Space

“Call it the ultimate absentee ballot. NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station have the option of voting in [today’s] presidential election from orbit, hundreds of miles above their nearest polling location.

Astronauts residing on the orbiting lab receive a digital version of their ballot, which is beamed up by Mission Control at the agency’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston. Filled-out ballots find their way back down to Earth along the same path.”

Reblogged 6 months ago from wrightbryan3 (Originally from kqedscience)
3,090 notes
Tagged: pubmedia, kqed, space, voting, astronauts, .
Source: space.com
  1. gitani-principessa reblogged this from kqedscience
  2. andromeda1023 reblogged this from physicsphysics
  3. esteesmicerebro reblogged this from wnyc
  4. shadetreader reblogged this from kqedscience
  5. takemetothecountryside reblogged this from kqedscience
  6. ah-thenah reblogged this from abcstarstuff
  7. plushpalace reblogged this from frolita
  8. artpopintodarkness reblogged this from hapagirl92
  9. beautifulpeople-horribleminds reblogged this from kqedscience
  10. samanthasmithjunior reblogged this from kqedscience and added:
    check this Out’ta
  11. susanmccain reblogged this from kqedscience
  12. onesteptowardsme reblogged this from kqedscience
  13. prosceniumfreakout reblogged this from zombizombi
  14. shannonblogamerica reblogged this from thedailyfeed
  15. kyranlovesyou reblogged this from kqedscience
  16. iscreamgarbage reblogged this from nprfreshair
  17. fatcrackhooker reblogged this from physicsphysics
  18. keenquing reblogged this from lord-kitschener
  19. supertreble reblogged this from tumblrradararchive
  20. wibblywobblyeyebrowsofdoom reblogged this from kqedscience
  21. perhap-seen-this-before reblogged this from gcsingh
  22. dont-skip reblogged this from gcsingh
  23. b3autifully-min3 reblogged this from gcsingh
  24. naturesince79 reblogged this from gcsingh
  25. fav-insider reblogged this from gcsingh
  26. gcsingh reblogged this from indiaincredible
  27. danielohel reblogged this from kqedscience
  28. dmvidt-science reblogged this from scinerds
  29. imponderablyextraordinary reblogged this from nprfreshair
  30. eikonodoulos-askesis reblogged this from nprfreshair
  31. redscribbles reblogged this from theatlantic and added:
    Whoa.