The best pictures you've seen.

I would be more excited about landing a rover on Titan.

But nobody cares about Titan.

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Originally Posted by Cortexian

Yeah it's because they want the funding to upgrade EVERYTHING all at once IIRC. That just isn't going to happen and they should ammend their plan to upgrade hardware like everyone else, in increments.

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Yeah man because giving scientists the THINGS THEY NEED to advance our race is a fucking crazy idea.

Also regarding shuttle computers.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sh...computers.html

Holy shit :ohdear:

How big is that thing?!





TWSS

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Originally Posted by Rainbow Dash

Yeah man because giving scientists the THINGS THEY NEED to advance our race is a fucking crazy idea.

Also regarding shuttle computers.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sh...computers.html

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Note how they use normal, modern laptops once they get into space? Also note how they obviously had to survive launch and re-entry to be any use.

It's not hard to make a computer that will stand up to a little bit of tossing about, look at the Toshiba Toughbooks or any custom-built LAN case built with hardware integrity in mind. I've seen people suspend HDD's in mid air using high tension rubber-bands so they absorb some vibration and everything.

Hell, I could build you something that would work. Just give me some Intel SSD's to put in a RAID-60 array for redundancy and performance as well as passive cooling for all the components. Put them in a box with some fans on the front and back and bam, you've got yourself something that can stand up to "intense vibrations".

The laptops on the ISS are old IBM thinkpads. Not very modern per se.

Most spacecraft use (really)old tech mostly because modern stuff has been found to be difficult to harden against radiation. And contrary to popular belief you don't need a supercomputer to make simple calculations.

This picture actually scares the fuck out of me :v:



E: I'm not sure that this is real having seen a simmilar sign elswhere. Anbody able to verify?

Are they mixing two bad things into the same pot and letting the general population drink it in? What the fuck?

When the hell did pirating become linked with terrorism? The only money they've been giving is to the people who no longer pay for music licensed by rich bastards. I know adverts use the "rule of fear" when getting their message across, but this is the worst case I've seen. Also, where's the proof? And don't say nine out of ten dentists recommend it, because that shit won't fly.

^obviously they wont believe 9, because 10 out of 10 dentists recommend it. come on man. get with it.

What the fuck?

You're obviously FUNDING terrorism when you download something FOR FREE off the Internet, I mean, all those hits the terrorists are getting! They must be making TENS OF DOLLARS every month!!