Large-scale chip testing in orbit is crucial for the space ambitions of China, which believes its biggest competitive pressure no longer comes from Nasa but from private space companies.
Yup, resilience is the reason larger chips are preferred. That said, I imagine that NASA never bothered exploring ways of using news chips because as you say they don’t really try to push the envelope anymore. China enjoys a lot of advantages now coming late into the game because they’re starting with modern tech and they can learn from what worked and what didn’t previously.
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Yup, resilience is the reason larger chips are preferred. That said, I imagine that NASA never bothered exploring ways of using news chips because as you say they don’t really try to push the envelope anymore. China enjoys a lot of advantages now coming late into the game because they’re starting with modern tech and they can learn from what worked and what didn’t previously.
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completely agree