Does anyone else here find it amazing that NASA paid to send a fullsize wireless microphone into space. Given the cost per kilogram of sending things into space, I'm surprised they didn't go with something much smaller/lighter.
I would feel wary sending anything smaller, lest it get stuck or lost in some nook somewhere and caused problems.
Besides, part of CSA's mandate is to "advance the knowledge of space through science", and sending up cameras and microphones is well within that mandate.
I wasn't questioning the sending up of the microphone or video camera. I was just surprised they didn't send up something smaller/lighter. I kind of imagined there there are people who are tasked with "light weighting" everything that is sent on a launch mission so long as the lightweighting doesn't compromise on the engineering integrity of what is being sent into space.
