BRUCE BUCKINGHAM: Okay, next question from Paulo in Lorton, and he asks: 'Will GOES-N be capable of sharing information with the Space Station?' ANDRE' DRESS: That's a good question, and I don't know exactly the capabilities of the Space Station. However, I do know for a fact that the data that the GOES spacecraft actually disseminates, in particular the space environmental data looking at high-energy protons, electrons, things like that, excuse me, are very important to the Space Shuttle. Because that type of information is necessary for the safety of the astronauts. You take that data, and now whether or not they're actually taking it in real time or they're actually taking it from the ground, I'm not sure. But the data is, in fact, used.
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