Also, according to the article there is only double redundancy. I thought critical systems like this always employed triple redundancy. It doesn't help too much if you detect a fault during launch and have to reboot both systems...
TL;DR: Orion uses rad-hardened chips, which are usually very slow compared with commodity hardware. But it also runs super-optimized and highly specialized code.
Also, people, I feel, get this impression that because Windows 8 takes forever to load and then Word takes an eternity, that they _need_ that speed. No, you need less bloated programs, and (I would seriously hope) that missile/rocket/spacecraft guidance and life support computers are not running bloated software!
Firstly I am surprised the Daily Mail created this piece, their readers care more about spending money on the NHS rather than space.
Secondly I was a little puzzled but the statement that Orion could be used to send people to Mars. If that were true then does that mean we are leaving them there to die?
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[ 4.8 ms ] story [ 55.2 ms ] threadThe chips do not error check each other but instead perform exactly the same tasks, so that they can check the other for errors.
Secondly I was a little puzzled but the statement that Orion could be used to send people to Mars. If that were true then does that mean we are leaving them there to die?