what, in your opinion, is the greatest NASA spinoff?
mine would have to be digital fly by wire.
this concept required ever smaller components and ever increasing memory.
it's a very small step from there to todays computers.
the backups had to be synced to the primaries, the failed must be disregarded.
and it had to be 100% reliable.
almost all of today's avionics is directly related to digital fly by wire
mine would have to be digital fly by wire.
this concept required ever smaller components and ever increasing memory.
it's a very small step from there to todays computers.
the backups had to be synced to the primaries, the failed must be disregarded.
and it had to be 100% reliable.
almost all of today's avionics is directly related to digital fly by wire
