columbia -- what really happened
from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2709875.stm:
[snip]
"To test the technology the Columbia space shuttle was fitted
with an embedded PC that has a 233 MHz processor, 128 MB of RAM
and a solid-state 144 MB hard drive."
"The computer is running Red Hat, a version of the Linux operating
system, and is maintaining a connection with the Goddard Space
Flight Center which will try to contact the onboard PC more than
140 times over the duration of the shuttle mission STS-107."
[snip]
hmm, space shuttle running redhat. that explains everything.
j.
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