Space watchers enthralled by the live stream from NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft have noticed that even astronauts can have trouble with Microsoft software. BlueSkyer Niki Grayson clipped an amusing segment of the live stream, where a puzzled astronaut asks for support from Mission Control because they “have two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working.”
Grayson was agog at NASA inflicting Outlook on astronauts. “I’m so sorry we’ve sent these souls to the moon and they’re using Outlook?” they quipped.
I asked my Magic 8-ball what the problem is and it says “Outlook not so good”
😂
Why the fuck are public things that are tied to a budget always have to waste money on Microsoft software while they can just use Libre alternatives
If I understand it correctly, the ship’s built-in systems run a Linux-based RTOS, the dumbfuckery is happening on an off the shelf Surface tablet.
They’re still making Microsoft look like a million monkeys fucking a million footballs.
LMAO
Well, that inspires confidence.
The Apollo 11 Guidance Computer had 4KB RAM and 72KB ROM, but the code was provably correct. How the mighty have fallen.
In space no one can hear you scream
Two outlooks, neither work?
Glad everything is normal aboard Orion!
Wait until they start mapping the moon’s far side using MS Paint. Tech support must stay on the line!
two instances of Outlook
pst/ost corruption incoming.
Outlook: redundant dysfunctionality
Ooh, did Mission Control tell them to turn the capsule off and then on again?
We use outlook st work.
It used to hsve switch “try new…” Now it switched to “use old…”
I opted old.
Mailto links open new outlook.
Shit’s shit.
I have the outlook lite app on my phone. It simultaneously prompts me to move my other accounts over there, and to uninstall it because it’s becoming deprecated soon.
Can you not change this in the “Default Apps” settings page in Windows?
Signed, A government employee currently resisting the very same migration
Ohh, yeah. I’ll look into that.
They must be using my work laptop, sometimes it runs outlook or teams in multiples.
Goddamn windows 98. Get Bill gates over here!
They’re obviously holding it wrong.
