Bidding Against NASA

From: Douglas H. Quebbeman <dquebbeman_at_acm.org>
Date: Mon May 13 10:33:58 2002

> > But among 8-inch floppy drives and other unspecified
> > items, NASA is buying up all the 8086 microprocessors
> > they can lay their hands on, specifically, to keep the
> > Space Shuttle flying. Not the more common 8088, of
> > course, but its 16-bit big brother.
>
> That explains why NASA can't get a real space program
> going ... Intel is behind it!

> Anyway they would need space/radiation rated chips,
> not the garden variety stuff.

The stated use is for ground testing equipment, not
near-earth deployment.

Regards,
-dq
Received on Mon May 13 2002 - 10:33:58 BST