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[–] PraiseIPU 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

like how the space shuttle is still using a chip from the 70's.

It needs to do one thing really well. Don't over complicate things that you rely on.

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[–] curomo 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago  (edited ago)

the space shuttle is still using

... I've, uh, got some bad news. They mothballed them years ago.

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[–] Thisismyvoatusername 2 points -1 points (+1|-2) ago 

The problem with NASA doing so ething similar is quite a bit more of a problem, though. If the HVAC at a school using old technology breaks down, there are many alternatives at all different price points.

If something NASA is using in space flight breaks down, they have a real issue. They need a componenet that satisfies all the envionmental testing, most likely at both the component and system level. They can search for a replacement part on eBay and hope they find it, or they can spend an exorbitant amount of money and time paying someone to reproduce a piece of obsolete technology (with new tooling, testing, etc.). It's one thing not to waste money. It's another to rely on technology that is no longer capable of being cost effectively replaced when it breaks.

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[–] the_devils_lettuce ago 

I'm willing to bet they have a huge stockpile of replacement parts.