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by Henchman21 76 days ago
Why do they “need” email access in the first place?! What the actual fuck.
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Corresponding with family members? What do you want them to use, Teams?
They're officers and researchers strapped into their seats for 10 days, what could they be doing that doesn't involve email
Traditionally, officers would probably be working on their powerpoint slide decks.

I wonder if they've checked for any rogue sharepoint instances yet...

Play minesweeper or solitaire...
Research with the data they’ve collected so far?

This hurts my brain so very much, the idea that email is necessary in outer space — I just threw up in my mouth a little.

wow imagine that, astronauts having to communicate with the outer world??? that's insane....
Why the poverty mindset? If we are gonna joy ride around the moon we should at least do it in style.
The poverty mindset is that you still need to check your mail while riding around the moon. Style would be no email at all.