It's amazing how casually we criticize without seeking explanations. I remember reading a story several years that explained that the shuttle computers still are 486-based. The reasoning then was that the 486 had been tested to death, had fewer bugs, and moreover were fast enough to respond to and control the mechanics of the shuttle. KISS is still worth considering when it comes to safety and reliability.
-----Original Message----- From: sarex-bounces@AMSAT.Org [mailto:sarex-bounces@AMSAT.Org] On Behalf Of Les Warriner Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 8:54 PM To: jwin2485@bellsouth.net; SAREX@AMSAT.Org Subject: [sarex] Re: ISS COMPUTERS NOT UP TO DATE
I have always thought that this was a professional organization not a bunch of kids playing with technology.
At 05:37 PM 11/7/2006, jwin2485@bellsouth.net wrote:
Sheesh....it's Y2K all over again! And how many millions (or billions)
have
we spent to "upgrade" the shuttles? I find this kinda hard to believe!
John WB4GLJ
My first reaction was that this simply HAD to be a parody, such as
the
Onion story about the Mars rovers getting bored and sending snide
messages. No
such luck, apparently.
Alan WA4SCA
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