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Re:Computing glitch may have doomed Mars lander by imtringued on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @09:00AM (#12787538)
Thinkpads are used on the ISS but the ISS itself probably uses far more reliable and slower hardware.

http://blog.lenovo.com/en/blog/thinkpad-laptop-nasa-youtube-...

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Re:Computing glitch may have doomed Mars lander by mnw21cam on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @09:33AM (#12787787)
The ISS is still close enough to the Earth for it to experience much less radiation than it would while travelling to Mars.
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Re:Computing glitch may have doomed Mars lander by danpalmer on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @08:49AM (#12845212)
Correct, and the reason it is only thinkpads, is because that particular model went through extensive testing and verification that its heat output, etc, were ok for use up there. Also I don't think they are used for critical systems.
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