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June 14, 2007
Ground control to Baby Tom
It's amazing what can happen when there's a lot of radio transmissions, but not enough frequencies. I myself have never picked up somebody else's communications, but if I did I doubt it would be as intriguing as this:
An elementary school science teacher in this Chicago suburb doesn't have to turn on the news for an update on NASA's space mission. She just turns on her video baby monitor.
Since Sunday, one of the two channels on Natalie Meilinger's baby monitor has been picking up black-and-white video from inside the space shuttle Atlantis. The other still lets her keep an eye on her baby.
"Whoever has a baby monitor knows what you'll usually see," Meilinger said. "No one would ever expect this."
Live video of the mission is available on NASA's Web site, so it's possible the monitor is picking up a signal from somewhere.
"It's not coming straight from the shuttle," NASA spokeswoman Brandi Dean said. "People here think this is very interesting and you don't hear of it often — if at all."
entry no. 876
Posted by oz115 at June 14, 2007 03:09 PM