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I don't know why people are surprised by this. Using suitable off-the-shelf solutions for non-mission-critical purposes seems like a very reasonable thing to do
by EvanAnderson 7mo ago
I don't know why people are surprised by this. Using suitable off-the-shelf solutions for non-mission-critical purposes seems like a very reasonable thing to do.
I'm recalling this from my memory of "The Space Above Us" podcast: There were various bespoke teleprinters sent up on early shuttle flights that had exciting failure modes (if I remember correctly one of them started smoking) and in at least a couple of cases they had to stow the new hardware and pull out the old backup hardware because the new stuff didn't work.
- cj 7mo agoRelated thread from 2023 about the US Navy using Xbox 360 controllers instead of custom built hardware. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36408604 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36408604
- bombcar 7mo agoXbox 360 controller: Good times! US Navy approved. Madcatz controller: Bad times! OceanGate approved.
- sidewndr46 7mo agoHaving had the unfortunate experience of using MadCatz controllers, I would doubt the sanity of anyone that selected one
- cobertos 7mo agoOceanGate was Logitech not MadCatz
- bombcar 7mo agoI deeply regret the error; MadCatz would have failed long before. Gad those things were crap.
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 7mo agoThey'd probably still be alive if they used MadCatz, because it would have failed long before they submerged.
- 2muchcoffeeman 7mo agoI’m surprised they went with outlook rather than something like thunderbird. And I’m surprised they are burning power on an os that can run outlook.
- bombcar 7mo agoA Macbook Neo can run outlook just fine and pulls what, 20 watts?
- yjftsjthsd-h 7mo agoI would be fascinated to see the actual measured power consumption at baseline and when it's actually running Outlook
- wetpaws 7mo ago[dead]
- ianburrell 7mo agoNASA is a large government organization. Microsoft Outlook is understandable. I assumed they were reading their normal email. Laptop uses negligible power. The solar panels generate eight houses worth of power (they don't give number).