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Offline Matt_H

Re: What is this?
« on: June 18, 2021, 06:06:12 PM »
My understanding was that NASA’s Amigas were only used in ground control and not launched into orbit, although I could be wrong.

The planning and design for these missions happens years before launch so the onboard electronics tend to be quite a bit behind consumer technology by the time the missions are operational. I seem to remember a few years ago there was a story that one of the Mars rovers, I think, was using a (space-grade) G3 PPC chip, loooong past the time when G3s were in widespread use here on Earth.