Space shuttle....33 million horse power

[punjabiplaya]

and it does like 3mph

 

[potato28]

So it's a muscle car? I wonder what the fuel mileage on it would be like :Q

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Actually 1MPH loaded, 2 empty. Does 150 Gallons Per Mile.

 

[exdeath]

Originally posted by: marvdmartian
...and it doesn't handle curves worth a damn!! :roll:

What are you talking about? It follows the curve of Earth orbit at like 25,000 mph!

 

[Connoisseur]

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: mwmorph

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Yeah... but will it run Crysis?

Nothing can run it on highest settings

The Shuttle would have trouble running Dune II or Wolfenstein 3D with it's 20+ year old processors. It's still using the original 8086 processors.

Why don't they just make a run to Fry's??? They have some cheap CPU/MOBO deals.

Wonders of technology. They don't need more computing power when the code is tight. This is what all code should look like!

Don't these chips also have to be radiation/impact/shock/temp shielded? Think Panasonic toughbook x 1,000,000. The shuttle is subject to massive differentials in the environment. It would probably take a decent chunk of change in R&D to get any reasonably new technology in there. Same reason why modern jets don't have top of the line equipment either. And as SDIfox posted, if they can get the job done with 20 year old tech, why not stick with it?

 

[MovingTarget]

Pretty awesome vehicle. I wouldn't mind having one. They still need some work on the problem of some parts falling off and cold-weather performance issues. Otherwise, a great hauler!

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: Connoisseur

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: mwmorph

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Yeah... but will it run Crysis?

Nothing can run it on highest settings

The Shuttle would have trouble running Dune II or Wolfenstein 3D with it's 20+ year old processors. It's still using the original 8086 processors.

Why don't they just make a run to Fry's??? They have some cheap CPU/MOBO deals.

Wonders of technology. They don't need more computing power when the code is tight. This is what all code should look like!

Don't these chips also have to be radiation/impact/shock/temp shielded? Think Panasonic toughbook x 1,000,000. The shuttle is subject to massive differentials in the environment. It would probably take a decent chunk of change in R&D to get any reasonably new technology in there. Same reason why modern jets don't have top of the line equipment either. And as SDIfox posted, if they can get the job done with 20 year old tech, why not stick with it?

Yeah, but it doesn't have girl asian's driving at you...

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: Elstupido
WOW,

not even riced out

just thought of this. Who needs NOS when you got LOX? 🙂

 

[themisfit610]

Yes, all computers for space exploration are subject to an entirely different set of requirements than even the most hardened PCs we might use.

Sapphire based substrates are common, and shielded with boron glass, among other things.

The motto seems to be "use what you've got". Software for space exploration is usually extremely tight, and does exactly what it's supposed to, and nothing more! Interestingly, the VXWorks OS is frequently used for recently produced probes.

 

[BudAshes]

And the hippies think hummers are bad.