Reply to post: Re: "can the fault detection system work fast enough. "

Sensor failure led to Soyuz launch failure, says Roscosmos

Dave 32

Re: "can the fault detection system work fast enough. "

One should remember the Saturn V Launch Vehicle Digital Computer (LVDC):

"The LVDC was capable of executing 12190 instructions per second."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Launch_Vehicle_Digital_Computer#Hardware

Dave

P.S. I worked with a guy who's first job was programming the LVDC. When he retired, 40 years later, I printed out a copy of the LVDC manual and presented it to him.

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