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The '''Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Program''' (RPOP) is a software application used by [[NASA]] which allows the [[Space Shuttle]] to evade (and/or rendezvous with) [[Giant Space Squid|large spacefaring cephalopods]].  It runs on a Comodore 64 laptop running Windows 3.1.  Plans are underway to upgrade to [[Windows 95]] before the end of the Shuttle program.
 
The '''Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Program''' (RPOP) is a software application used by [[NASA]] which allows the [[Space Shuttle]] to evade (and/or rendezvous with) [[Giant Space Squid|large spacefaring cephalopods]].  It runs on a Comodore 64 laptop running Windows 3.1.  Plans are underway to upgrade to [[Windows 95]] before the end of the Shuttle program.

Revision as of 21:04, 14 June 2011

RPOP.
On the final flight of Shuttle Endeavour, an astronaut used RPOP to rendezvous with something or another. (Photo by NASA


The Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Program (RPOP) is a software application used by NASA which allows the Space Shuttle to evade (and/or rendezvous with) large spacefaring cephalopods. It runs on a Comodore 64 laptop running Windows 3.1. Plans are underway to upgrade to Windows 95 before the end of the Shuttle program.

See also