ISS Tech
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haha... but us sys admins are also bags of meat.
Our brains are just a bit more capable.
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@DustinB3403 Yeah, that's actually a little confusing to me. Astronauts generally are quite intelligent, yet in this case they get treated like dummies.
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They use Lenovo gear on the ISS?
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@Breffni-Potter said in ISS Tech:
They use Lenovo gear on the ISS?
When they launched it, yes. How long has most of that stuff been up without being replaced? I'd bet that a lot of that is what was launched with the module, and procured years before that.
Now, do I think NASA would change vendors just because the vendor changes and is a know bad actor? No way, that's not how bureaucracies work.
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@travisdh1 said in ISS Tech:
@DustinB3403 Yeah, that's actually a little confusing to me. Astronauts generally are quite intelligent, yet in this case they get treated like dummies.
Just because someone isn't proficient on a computer doesn't make them a dummy.
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@Breffni-Potter said in ISS Tech:
They use Lenovo gear on the ISS?
I'd heard that it was because they were super repairable.
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@Breffni-Potter said in ISS Tech:
They use Lenovo gear on the ISS?
NASA doesn't have a great track record, honestly. Everything is insanely over priced and under performing. They do great things, but don't do them in a great way.
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@travisdh1 said in ISS Tech:
@DustinB3403 Yeah, that's actually a little confusing to me. Astronauts generally are quite intelligent, yet in this case they get treated like dummies.
Just because someone isn't proficient on a computer doesn't make them a dummy.
That's the thing. They HAVE to know how to use/manage the Linux systems already, unless you know someone who would agree to go up and not know how to work the environmental controls/systems.
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@travisdh1 no they are users. This means they push whatever menu option they were told to push. It does not mean they "know" Linux
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@JaredBusch said in ISS Tech:
@travisdh1 no they are users. This means they push whatever menu option they were told to push. It does not mean they "know" Linux
They're a lot more trusting than I would be then. Of course I'm the crazy guy that would insist on learning that odd OS they use for satellites and rovers as well
