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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2014 23:52:32 -0600
Subject: Re: Python under the sea and in space
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On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 8:31 PM, Jessica McKellar
<jessica.mckellar@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm trying to determine the greatest depth (in the ocean or underground) and
> highest altitude at which Python code has been executed.
>
> Please note that I'm interested in where the code was executed, and not,
> say, where data that Python analyzed was acquired. I know for example that
> NASA has analyzed plenty of data from space in Python, but the analysis was
> done in labs here on Earth. :)

That may be true, but considering that the laptops on the ISS
reportedly run Linux nowadays, I would be surprised if Python hasn't
been used for *something* up there, even if it's just something
mundane like an OS utility.