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Old 23-06-2021, 04:48 PM
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The 1980s era computers on Hubble have always mystified me. Given the several repair and replace processes undertaken over the past decade or so, I would have thought that the clever folk at NASA would have thought to replace these old systems with some new ones. Is it a question of compatibility? Perhaps the old chips are more resilient or better able to handle the space environment. It would be interesting to know.
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