this is a crew laptop and not a mission critical computer at all.

since the astronauts are asking about it i'm guessing it wasn't snuck onboard. Sneaking stuff on to spacecraft to play with on the moon was a thing, i think one of the Apollo astronauts smuggled a golf club and balls to hit on the moon.

(I realize this mission is to only orbit and not land on the moon)

That info puts things into perspective thanks.