Xbox 360 is More Powerful Than Space Shuttle Computer

[l23j4l2jjgljwsjsk]

If you count the cpus and the gpu in the xbox its probably about 100-1000 times faster at a rough guess.If you only count the cpus then its probably about 30-100x as fast.

I think itw as more the reliability that they didnt upgrade.They would have had to gut the electronis package, as well as completely redesign the software to upgrade. Thats no small undertaking. It probably would have taken the better part of a decade and billions of dollars to upgrade the computers. Might as well just start over.

The shuttle should have been retired about 15 years ago tho. Sucks that we were stuck with it for so long. Sucks that we didnt spend the money to replace it for so long.

 

[dark_lord69]

I have a friend that works for Boeing as a computer engineer on parts for NASA. They keep things simple to keep things reliable.
Of course he might be out of the job now. (I haven't talked to him in a while.)

 

[mlopinto2k1]

Newer vehicle ECU's are more powerful than a space shuttles system. They don't need anything to compute with such power. It just needs to do what it needs to do. It's not like they need a mass air sensor, oxygen sensor, knock sensor, timing adjustment (ecu), complete digital dashboard.. lol.. it's a damn ROCKET. It either works or blows the fuck up.

 

[Guest]

Just overclock it, now we can extend the shuttle missions a few years.... mind you with the cold of space we could get some pretty impressive gains!!

 

[darkavenger123]

[citation][nom]drwho1[/nom]Even my PS3 is years ahead of the 360, but it doesn't mean ****, after all both platforms are only good as the games that you play on them.[/citation]
What crack you smoke? The PS3 uses an old Nvidia DX9 card...along the line of 9800 or something very ancient. While the XBOX360 is more near a DX10 level with tesselation features. Most cross platform games have proven the XBOX is superior to the PS3.

So please stop smoking your crack..."years ahead" indeed.

 

[capt_taco]

[citation][nom]nekoangel[/nom]Doesnt the space shuttle use 486's. I remember years back NASA was looking to buy more new in box 486's for the shuttle as their supply was getting short.[/citation]
[citation][nom]oneblackened[/nom]Pretty sure the shuttle runs on 386's.[/citation]

Even worse than that. It ran on 8086 chips - same thing that was in the IBM PC XT. I remember them putting out a call to the public for old CPUs because they couldn't get any made new anymore. That was at least 10 years ago. Primitive stuff.

 

[Guest]

MY CPU might be more powerful, my GPU might be more powerful, I propably have more and faster memory, but damn is their case cooler.

 

[bavman]

BUT, can it play crysis?

 

[razor512]

the simpler the computer, the more stable it is as there is less to go wrong, also you don't need much processing power to control the systems of a space shuttle, the launch programs and all other controls are precomputed on earth and loaded into the computer.

This is why the launch time is so important. if a launch gets delayed, the whole thing needs to be rewritten too make cure you have a flight path that wont have your crew getting hit by space junk orbiting the earth at insane speeds

All the computer on the ship needs to do is make the engines perform the correct actions at the correct time. (PS modern computers are more susceptible to having stability issues if theres line noise or external forces such as radiation and other things from space that that the earths magnetic field is no longer protecting you from (solar flares are able to cause problems with computers on earth)

At a local soda factory who I repair office computers for, most of the machinery are either using embedded OS or DOS.

There also government companies who have been running PDP 8 systems for 30+ years with no issues.

 

[Guest]

You should have written:

Space Shuttle Computer is weaker than an Xbox 360!

 

[cmartin011]

well your gonna need something with more bite to land on another planet.

 

[distanted]

Reminds me of way back when Porsche made the 959...the article I read on it pointed out that the 959 had more electrical wiring than the space shuttle. I guess we can list that as another contribution from space travel...NASA: Building the self esteem of unrelated products for over 30 years.

 

[silverblue]

Not really surprised. After all, weren't the Saturn and Playstation about 1,000 times the power of the computers on board Apollo 11?

 

[Guest]

This is most insane. it would be ASIP . moreover. from where u get the power, what about weight and size consideration. tolerances, safety, reliability etc

 

[Guest]

The shuttles computer is used for specific functions and made to be simple, low power consumptions and trouble free. Reading the comments here, one comes to the basic fact that 99% of computer personnel are idiots and the 1% are the cream of the industry.

 

[LORD_ORION]

The space shuttle computer will never red ring or blue screen.

It does what it needs to, and it does so without breaking.

 

[captaincharisma]

but the computer on the space shuttle would last longer than an xbox 360

 

[jacobdrj]

[citation][nom]ThisIsMyOldUsername[/nom]This is so incredibly old - you do not need a gaming tier computer or render farm to operate a shuttle.The military also uses old computers for many tasks. Use the right tool for the right job.[/citation]
Nu uh... Use WinTel for EVERYTHING... Thats the law...

It scared the bejebus outta me when I heard that the ISS' computers were WinTel... What happenes when the ISS bluescreens?

 

[soo-nah-mee]

[citation][nom]Jerky_san[/nom]Apollo 18 "Uhh Huston we have a problem.."Huston "Go ahead apollo 18"Apollo 18 "It would appear our computer is showing a red ring of death do you confirm"Huston "We confirm and we've contacted microsoft. They've told us its out of warrenty and your screwed unless we want to buy another."Apollo 18 "Shit..."[/citation]Houston: "Our engineers have contrived a makeshift solution on one of our simulator computers in the employee break room."
Apollo 18: "Copy that Houston, go ahead with the solution."
Houston: "Okay, uhh, do you have any clean towels left?"

 

[bildo123]

[citation][nom]garage1217[/nom]Well just ask yourself... would you trust your life to the reliability of an xbox 360? lol[/citation]

All systems clear Houston we are read....holy moose knuckles! RRoD! Abort! Abort!