Kermit Alive and Well on the Space Station

Posted by michael on Wednesday December 10, 2003 @10:18AM from the i-don't-want-to-go-on-the-cart dept.

An Ominous Cow Erred writes "Spacedaily.com reports on the use of the fantastic Kermit "program" being used to communicate with devices on the international space station. While the article's author doesn't seem to have a quite perfect grasp on what Kermit is (and effuses about how Kermit is being used to help war-torn Bosnia and advance AIDS research) it brought a smile to my face to imagine the old protocol from my BBS days (which was scorned in favor of Zmodem) being used on the greatest technological achievement of humankind."

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and don't forget... by stile · 2003-12-10 11:00 · Score: 5, Insightful

Need reliability in an environment where your electrical equipment is being slowly dissolved by ionizing radiation?
You just made a great case for Kermit, but I feel it needs a bit of a summary:
in space, reliability is key
Often triply redundant systems are deployed, and their life expectancy is STILL 5-10 years at best.