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Re:Computing glitch may have doomed Mars lander by adekok on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @08:49AM (#12787437)
Ever try upgrading the CPU on an iPhone? It's like that.

These projects started out 10-15 years ago. So upgrading them mid-stream is almost impossible.

They're stuck with the hardware available when they chose that part. Re-designing for new hardware means changing everything.

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Re:Computing glitch may have doomed Mars lander by Pigo on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @08:57AM (#12787514)
I never considered that. I suppose that does give me some hope that we'll see future projects with today's hardware eventually.
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Re:Computing glitch may have doomed Mars lander by macintux on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @09:59AM (#12788018)
Sure, but by then we'll be lamenting the lack of TrueVR(™) support that would allow us to walk the surface of Mars.
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