{"id":19418,"date":"2016-04-05T00:58:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T16:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/in-microsoft-spotlight-astronaut-scott-kelly-banters-about-hololens-and-about-buzz-aldrins-trash-talk\/"},"modified":"2016-04-05T00:58:51","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T16:58:51","slug":"in-microsoft-spotlight-astronaut-scott-kelly-banters-about-hololens-and-about-buzz-aldrins-trash-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/in-microsoft-spotlight-astronaut-scott-kelly-banters-about-hololens-and-about-buzz-aldrins-trash-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"In Microsoft spotlight, astronaut Scott Kelly banters about HoloLens \u2013 and about Buzz Aldrin\u2019s trash talk"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Scott
Astronaut Scott Kelly recounts his space experience at the Microsoft Envision conference while Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella looks on. (GeekWire photo by Kevin Lisota)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just days after retiring from NASA, astronaut Scott Kelly gave HoloLens mixed-reality technology a boost today at the Microsoft Envision conference in New Orleans \u2013 and promised to get the International Space Station upgraded to Windows 10.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a busy time for Kelly: Last month, he finished up a nearly yearlong stint on the station, which was aimed at learning what will be required for long-duration missions to Mars and other deep-space destinations. Soon afterward, he announced he was retiring from NASA on April 1.<\/p>\n

Today, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella brought Kelly on stage to help inspire hundreds of developers attending this week\u2019s Envision conference. \u201cIt\u2019s the stories like Captain Kelly and NASA that inspire us in everything we do at Microsoft,\u201d Nadella said. \u201cOur mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kelly recalled that when he went over from the U.S. Navy to join NASA\u2019s astronaut corps in 1996, the space shuttle program relied on the 486 computer processing chip and on-paper checklists. \u201cThe Internet was something new that I didn\u2019t have a whole lot of experience with,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFast forward 20 years \u2026 and the space station is basically operated with a bunch of laptop computers using different types of software. Some of them use Microsoft Windows 7, actually. We\u2019re a little behind there,\u201d Kelly said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got to get the Windows 10 upgrade going into space,\u201d Nadella joked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to call NASA right when we get out of here,\u201d Kelly replied.<\/p>\n