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Re:What computer and software is used by the Falcon 9? (2015) by stefan_ on Sunday May 31, 2020 @08:56AM (#23369278)
The fact that it's implemented in JavaScript and Chromium just tells you the fancy display is entirely superfluous to mission success.
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Re:What computer and software is used by the Falcon 9? (2015) by htk on Sunday May 31, 2020 @09:43AM (#23369544)
Interesting way to see it. For anyone wondering how unreliable it is, think instead that the trade off was well planned.
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Re:What computer and software is used by the Falcon 9? (2015) by yellowapple on Sunday May 31, 2020 @11:03AM (#23369984)
Is there a backup should that fancy display fail? If not, then I'd hardly call it "superfluous to mission success".
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Re:What computer and software is used by the Falcon 9? (2015) by Czarcasm on Sunday May 31, 2020 @04:26PM (#23372411)
Apparently the physical controls below the screens can perform all of the mission critical functions in the event of a display failure.
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Re:What computer and software is used by the Falcon 9? (2015) by _emacsomancer_ on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @02:32AM (#23464276)
If only browsers had a similar fallback.
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