...and you do not want to know what you are drinking when you are up there
<grin>

I remember when Nasa was trying to figure out how to use pen without
gravity, it took them several month and lots of money to finish that project
- Russian used pencil :-)

Tamas


On 4/17/07, Vasile Surducan <piclist9@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/17/07, Alan B. Pearce <A.B.Pearce@rl.ac.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > Besides, I remember that one or two year ago a PIC18F family MCU was
> used
> > > in a satellite, any news about the
> >
> > That was in a Russian space suit that was launched from the space
> station.
> > The batteries in it powering the electronics lasted only about 3-4 days.
>
> Unbelievable. AFIK the batteries providing water, current and oxigen
> on the international space station are based on russian technology...
> Why should use different batteries that ones proven to work ?
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