On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:20:44 +0000
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Linux blasts off in U.S. tactical satellite
>
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> | Linux was shot into space Dec. 16, as part of a second-phase Air
> | Force Research Laboratory program aimed at making space more
> | "operationally responsive." The TacSat-2 (tactical satellite)
> | program aims to create "micro satellites" that can be launched
> | quickly and cheaply, to support tactical military operations.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | Linux was also a part of last year's TacSat-1 effort, powering the
> | Copperfield-2 payload, as described in LinuxJournal.
> `----
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> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8137978310.html
>
> I wonder if Linux beat Microsoft to it.
NT has been in space before. It BSOD. My google foo is not strong
today. Lets hope it's not going to be a repeat of the USS "BUTTNUTT"
Yorktown.
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Regards, Ed :: http://s5h.net/qf
proud python hacker
Mr. T and Darth Vader never fought. If they did, even the ewoks would
pity Darth Vader fo' bein' a foo.
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