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minus-square@IphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agoI’m sure those drives were highly specialized and protected like the “black box” data & flight recorders in aircraft. They almost certainly weren’t off the shelf drives from Seagate or Western Digital…
minus-square@catloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-23 months agohttps://bringingcolumbiahome.wordpress.com/2017/03/20/columbias-black-box/ Magnetic tape. That was Columbia, not Challenger, but if they were still using tape in 2003, they were definitely not using desktop drives in 1986.
I’m sure those drives were highly specialized and protected like the “black box” data & flight recorders in aircraft. They almost certainly weren’t off the shelf drives from Seagate or Western Digital…
https://bringingcolumbiahome.wordpress.com/2017/03/20/columbias-black-box/
Magnetic tape.
That was Columbia, not Challenger, but if they were still using tape in 2003, they were definitely not using desktop drives in 1986.