Chris Lopez over at the Contra Costa Times pointed out that NASA Astronaut Stephen Robinson is from nearby Moraga, and is currently on the Discovery waiting for the weather to clear so that they can land the ship. As a Mission Specialist, it was his job to make any repairs to the ship in space before attempting reentry. But he also has a side gig: Space DJ.

That's right, Stephen was an early morning radio host in Sacramento in the early seventies, and earlier in his NASA career would wake up shuttle crews by beaming music from Mission Control. The guy even plays lead guitar in an all-astronaut 'easy rock' band, Max Q (click here if you don't get the joke). And now he's recorded a message on board that NASA is serving up as 'the first podcast from space.' We have to admit, that's pretty cool.