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Right, it had to survive the vibration of the mighty Saturn V. But even so, that construction, the insulating tubes and hot glue, I am not sure I would risk my
by zw123456 4y ago
Right, it had to survive the vibration of the mighty Saturn V.
But even so, that construction, the insulating tubes and hot glue, I am not sure I would risk my life on that!
- Koshkin 4y agoI am sure it (the construction) was extensively tested.
- HPsquared 4y agoIt's unlikely the astronauts would trust their life to this processor alone. There would be at least one backup, and probably a plan in the event of total communication failure. System design!
- zw123456 4y agoCould be but just looking at the block diag Ken showed, that thing looked like a really critical component that all the comm ran through, although it looks like there may have been a way to bypass it for voice only comm in an emergency. But regardless, I still think those guys were amazingly brave, they knew the thing they were riding in was pretty cutting edge and there were big risks. (Apollo 13 of course is an example).