Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:58:56 -0400 | From | Theodore Ts'o <> | Subject | Re: Drop support for x86-32 |
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On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 08:13:58PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > (Of course, I'm rather doubtful that NASA would ever be willing to use > > Linux on something like the Curiosity Mars Rover, but I could imagine > > Linux being used in a non-mission critcal system on the ISS....) > > GOAS, RACSI... not entirely non-mission critical stuff either. > > And the ST8 project covers Linux
BTW, it turns out I was wrong about Linux being used on Mars. Apparently Linux was used on the Mars Global Surveyor, as well as the Sprit and Opportunity rovers -- and they were indeed using space-hardened i386's from Intel.
- Ted
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