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ISS Computer Failure

Posted by kdawson on from the little-help-from-my-friends dept.

A number of readers wrote us with news of the computer problems on the International Space Station. Space.com has one of the better writeups on the failure of Russian computers that control the ISS's attitude and some life-support systems. Two out of six computers in a redundant system cannot be rebooted. The space shuttle Atlantis may have its mission extended until the problem is fixed. A NASA spokesman was optimistic that the problem can be resolved; worst-case scenario would be for the shuttle to evacuate everyone onboard the ISS. Engineers are working on the theory (among others) that the failure may have been triggered by new solar panels installed earlier in Atlantis's mission.

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  1. In Soviet Russia.... by Brad1138 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Computers control your attitude.

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    If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people
  2. A Soviet Joke by professorfalcon · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In Soviet Russia, four-out-of-six redundant computers reboot YOU.