What Causes Planes To Plummet And Computers To Fail?
It's not always software bugs, mechanical or hardware failures. It's the nature of the universe, we are constantly under attack. It's surprisingly, or perhaps unsurprisingly, cosmic rays..
Very interesting video.
Here's a tidbit. The space shuttle had 4 computers onboard, all doing the same monitoring. This is simply because a stray cosmic ray could hit one and throw it's software out giving a false reading. So, the other 3 would overrule it.
Well worth a watch: https://youtu.be/AaZ_RSt0KP8
Very interesting video.
Here's a tidbit. The space shuttle had 4 computers onboard, all doing the same monitoring. This is simply because a stray cosmic ray could hit one and throw it's software out giving a false reading. So, the other 3 would overrule it.
Well worth a watch: https://youtu.be/AaZ_RSt0KP8
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