To dampen vibration (hard drives like these have platters that spin thousands of times per minute), the Blade Runner's case is heavy, solid and completelysealed.
Monday's reported launch of the monkey -- who was kept in a "completely sealed" capsule that produces oxygen and absorbs carbon dioxide, with his vital signs recorded throughout the flight -- is part of a larger effort to someday send humans into space, said Iranian Space Agency Director Hamid Fazeli.
"I think we always knew that we weren't going to emerge from Copenhagen with a completely legally binding signed and sealed treaty, but I think we'd hoped for something rather better than this, " he said.