Playstation in space
Over the years, PlayStation has grown into one of the most recognized brands in the world of video games. In fact, he managed to hold the attention of players in each new generation, even managing to become a top selling company, despite occasional failures in its path, as was the case with PSX.
Despite everything, the brand has managed to have an excellent position among the competition in the world of video games, to the point of conduct an aggressive marketing strategy, without any fear of what might happen. And perhaps this ambition has led its hardware developers to always seek out the most advanced parts. Something that even managed to get a part of PlayStation to go to space to explore Pluto.
The power of the processor led it to be part of a creation of NASA
It’s no secret that various parts of our computers and smartphones are used by astronauts. But it is possible that one of the most unknown cases is that of the space probe. New Horizons, which was designed by NASA to be able to explore Pluto and which has in common to have the processor of the first PlayStation on board.
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A long journey through an important PlayStation room
The journey took him to cover nearly three million kilometers, at which point he reached Pluto to explore the place. This, yes, this trip takes place in hibernation, waking up periodically to quickly check that all of your machines are functioning properly before going back into hibernation.
Of course, it should be noted that the processor that matches that of PlayStation was surprising for the time. Although yes, in the case of New Horizons it has been optimized to better survive space radiation although in reality it is the same chip. Without a doubt, it is amazing to think that a chip that we have in our house could also be in the solar system.
