HP iPAQ Pocket PCs to be Onboard TransOrbital's First Commercial Moon Mission

Newly Introduced HP iPAQ h5550 to Facilitate Wireless Communication in Space

PALO ALTO, CALIF., JULY 15, 2003 - HP (NYSE:HPQ) plans to launch its HP iPAQ Pocket PCs into outer space onboard TransOrbital's TrailBlazer spacecraft, the first commercial mission to gain approval from U.S. authorities to explore, photograph and land on the moon, later this year.

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"Our focus is on the moon... we plan to be the first ones there. And we'd like to see people come and join us."
Dennis Laurie, President, TransOrbital, Inc. CNN Interview April 27, 2001

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TransOrbital in the News:

• Space.com: TransOrbital and Hewlett Packard to Tackle the Moon, 7/2003
• Wired Magazine: The Race Back to the Moon, 5/2003
• National Geographic
• Washington Times: Company plans private moon mission
• CBS News: To the Moon, for a fee
• New Scientist: Commercial Moon mission sets launch date
• TCS
• TechTV: The Screensaver's
• Discovery.com
• Nature.com
• BBC News
• Astronomy
• CNN

Other News of Interest:

• BBC: Neil Armstrong setting foot on the Moon is the most requested TV news image of the 20th Century from the ITN archives.