Hasta La Gadget!

It turns out the International Space Station’s computers aren’t necessarily any more invulnerable than the 80s-era systems on the old Mir space station.

Techeye.net reports that communications between the ISS and mission control have faded in and out over the past few days, thanks to numerous errors plaguing the station’s three command and control computers.

Normally, one computer sends commands and provides telemetry, while the other two serve as backup and standby machines in case the first one fails.