First Foursquare badge unlocked in space

[Zuul]

This is utterly silly and pointless, but Foursquare is a mobile app that lets people "check in" at places and compete for virtual badges for hotspots. And now it has made it to space.

Far above the bars and coffee shops where Foursquare users normally use the popular mobile application, Wheelock unlocked the "NASA Explorer" badge by checking in to the international space station at approximately 11 a.m. ET from a laptop.

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"I just unlocked the 'NASA Explorer' badge on @foursquare!" Wheelock said in a message on his Twitter feed.

Story here.

The lack of flying cars aside, this is exactly what I thought this year would be like.

[Nrblex]

It's only a matter of time before I'm tweeting from a golf course in the retirement village on the Mars equator.