NASA Loses Contact With Space Station Over Software Update

kodiaktau writes "Reports early Tuesday morning say that a software update to the International Space Station caused a communications blackout with Houston control. Remediation of the update has allowed the astronauts limited communication every 90 minutes or so. It is expected that the issue will be resolved today."

What could possibly go wrong?

[IronHalik]

http://imgur.com/gallery/fv2rg9a [imgur.com]

Communication Reestablished

[NoKaOi]

http://www.space.com/19853-space-station-contact-lost-nasa.html [space.com]

Update: NASA has reestablished contact with the International Space Station. For the latest news, read: NASA Restores Contact with Space Station

As far as NASA officials can tell, the space station's loss of communications was unrelated to the software update, Kelly Humphries, a public affairs specialist at NASA told SPACE.com. It was a coincidence that the space agency lost contact with the station as the computers were being updated.

Re:Windows 8

[Dunbal]

They were thinking "How can we grab some of Apple's share?" and apparently a "charms bar" is the way to go.