Mikko Hypponen

@mikko they have to use large-die, robust hardware, that's been tested for decades and is effective against EMP, solar flares, radiation.

@mikko @carlzimmer if they boost the specs on the rover it'll get stuck playing Angry Birds or watching Youtube or something.

@mikko Neither of these devices make for particularly impressive smartphones.

Comparing it to the Apollo flight computer is even more shocking :-)

@mikko @addison don’t forget that all that stuff is big time radiation hardened .. and for temperature and with maaaaad redundancy

@mikko Congrats on your 100★ tweet! http://favstar.fm/t/232494496338804737 …

@mikko so basically a $2bn operation is being controlled by a Raspberry pi

@mikko @carlzimmer Still, well within an order of magnitude! Especially when comparing shuttle workings to computers! :-)

and the GPS might not work :P

I am impressed by Curiosity! The iPhone part is just plain obvious, you need games there :).

I think I can guess which one is better at real-time work though.

Ya but put your iphone in a very weak microwave and then ask it to work.

@thegrugq on Curiosity the antenna is reliable at least!