Also on board is a new exercise machine, which is part of ongoing studies into the effects of long-term space flight on muscle and bone loss in astronauts.
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An on-board computer gets the machine's position from satellites and reads a digital blueprint from a chip.
With touch-screen functionality on a fully capable machine with a proper amount of on-board storage that will be able to smoothly run Microsoft Office applications out of the box, Windows 8 promises to be an exciting transition for dedicated PC users, while offering the best of both worlds for tablet users.