Given how wonky IT and communication upgrades can be, it makes sense to keep these systems the same for as long as possible. I imagine that after the Shuttle is fully and completely retired, NASA will begin to take a serious look at their aging hardware.
If an older version of Rosetta Stone® Arabic runs fine on a 386, NASA won't need to upgrade. Seriously.
National Geographic seemed to think so in 2005 in the article titled: "Global Warming Supercharged by Water Vapor?" See it at://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/11/1110_051110_warming.html. But what do they know?
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Given how wonky IT and communication upgrades can be, it makes sense to keep these systems the same for as long as possible. I imagine that after the Shuttle is fully and completely retired, NASA will begin to take a serious look at their aging hardware.
If an older version of Rosetta Stone® Arabic runs fine on a 386, NASA won't need to upgrade. Seriously.
National Geographic seemed to think so in 2005 in the article titled: "Global Warming Supercharged by Water Vapor?" See it at: //news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/11/1110_051110_warming.html. But what do they know?