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Old 07-15-2009, 09:04 PM  
crockett
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If you want to hear something funny.. The computers on the shuttle are very old and simple, like 80's and early 90's. The astronauts bring lap tops along to plug in and help run the ship.

Space stuff is like banks, they are always 10 years behind on their systems.

This is the computer system it uses.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_AP-101
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