Isn't the problem also that because of radiation, processors in space either nee...

nijave · 2026-07-17T20:41:20

Ars had an article that cited some HPE testing on the international space station that said regular hardware is _probably_ fine up to about 5 years

Definitely not definitive but it's plausible current hardware could survive with minimal modification

tqi · 2026-07-17T21:00:31

hm but "fine" as in probably won't die?

my question was more whether the hardware would need extra redundancy or shielding in order to not have unacceptably high error rates

nijave · 2026-07-17T21:18:30

There's a radiation section in the article, I'll let you draw your own conclusions