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Questions that should be asked

Questions that should be asked

Posted Feb 26, 2013 18:41 UTC (Tue) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091)
In reply to: Questions that should be asked by raven667
Parent article: ABS: Android in space

Hey, 50-60s era sci-fi is cool! But anyone with even a shallow knowledge of the technical accomplishments of the Apollo and Shuttle projects (along with the constraints of their respective ages) will yearn for something better. Call me nostalgic if you want, but XP SP3? AA batteries? Come on, seriously!


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Questions that should be asked

Posted Feb 26, 2013 19:34 UTC (Tue) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]

the shuttles were 'upgraded' to 486 class computers after the turn of the century.

If you wait for everything to be 'space rated', you end up running very old technology, which can end up being horribly inefficent.

I believe the AA batteries, and I do not expect that they are rechargeable

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