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Call from space
2001
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"The first time I ever saw someone making a private phone call from space in a movie was in 2001: A Space Odyssey. And darned if we didn’t meet that timeline. In the movie, that call cost $1.70. Our astronauts get the first 90,000 miles toll free … via Cisco SoftPhone… astronauts can keep in touch with their loved ones during long voyages aboard the International Space Station (ISS)."
"The first time I ever saw someone making a private phone call from space in a movie was in 2001: A Space Odyssey. And darned if we didn’t meet that timeline. In the movie, that call cost $1.70. Our astronauts get the first 90,000 miles toll free … via Cisco SoftPhone… astronauts can keep in touch with their loved ones during long voyages aboard the International Space Station (ISS)."