Is you PlayStation CPU already in the junk? Apparently, the recent Pluto flyby mission is using the same PlayStation CPU that ran games such as "Final Fantasy VII" as the guide to the space probe, according to reports.
The Verge said that the processor used in the original PlayStation by Sony is guiding the space probe currently happening around the dwarf planet in the Pluto flyby mission.
The report said the MIPS R3000 CPU that made the games such as "Final Fantasy VII" and "Metal Gear Solid" was reused by NASA back in 2006 to "fire thrusters, monitor sensors and transmit data from the New Horizons space probe."
More than how that PlayStation CPU has travelled a lot of dimensions and places in various games, it has reportedly travelled 3.6 billion miles in space just joining the Pluto flyby mission according to a Forbes report.
This is one proof that not all old things replaced by new ones are already worthless.
Aside from the Pluto flyby mission, The Verge also reported that the next-generation Orion Spacecraft to Mars is guided by an IBM processor created back in 2002.
Launched in 1994, the original PlayStation that is now the guide of the Pluto flyby mission was the first video game console to be sold at more than 100 million units, Forbes said.
NASA is also reportedly using other video game innovations such as the Microsoft HoloLens and the Oculus Rift, a virtual reality headset for its many space programs.
The Pluto flyby mission was launched in January 2006 and now as it makes its closest distance ever to Pluto, it has sent back images of the planet's geological make up. These discoveries have reportedly made scientists debate on the definition of a planet.
"This [PlayStation] chip is going to parts of space where man-made objects have never been seen before, meanwhile your PlayStation is stuck in a closet somewhere beneath a stack of Pokemon trading cards" the report by The Verge quipped.
Should NASA begin asking for PlayStation CPU submissions from the public for future space probes?
