using bar codes to organize such things

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JimO — 3/28/2006 4:34:06 AM (archived)

They do use it -- search on ISS and 'Inventory Management System' -- but there are currently 18,000 items in the dynamic data base. And it depends of the crew logging where and when things are moved.

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- Not a new problem - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2006 3:15:38 PM
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- Are you kidding. My kids could lose a moose in a bathtub. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/28/2006 1:49:51 PM
- Zero-Gee Gremlins - Peter Bruener - 3/28/2006 4:41:21 AM
- have they thought of using bar codes to organize such things - Sawyer - 3/27/2006 10:21:56 PM
  - re: Maybe some use of RFIDs. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 3/28/2006 7:23:39 AM
    - Logically better than bar codes - Robert - 3/28/2006 5:58:16 PM
  - using bar codes to organize such things - JimO - 3/28/2006 4:34:06 AM

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