@arstechnica “You can imagine a large rack that is a big computer where the functions of the computer as a controller are broken up separately into individual cards or printed wire circuit boards with their logic devices," said Tory Bruno, ULA's president and CEO. "They’re all standalone, but together it’s an integrated controller."
What decade is this person living in? Or maybe his description is apt and the question is what decade the whole ULA is trapped in?
@ISV_Damocles They are stuck in a flight regime that isn't kind to modern PCB assembly. It can be done, but it requires a good bit of testing and specialized ruggedization techniques. The company I work for has developed boards with surface mount components that will work at over 150c and more than 25g worth of vibration. On the other hand, my lab is full of examples where we didn't get it right. Our industry can accept a certain level of failure - it is expensive, but not deadly. Boeing can't accept a 2% failure rate.
