> apparently SpaceX is using PowerPC microcontrollers in their Dragon capsule.

To be more precise, it'a combination of three x86 microcontrollers (judges) and a PowerPC microcontroller (actor).

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lyB9ScW3Y8

What he utters at 8:55 sounds pretty clueless, though ;-)

> Why Power? Probably because of a long history of embedded designs
> (in automobiles and industrial applications).

Primarily, because of its long history in astronautics :-)

https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=8671&forum=3

> certainly not X86

Please relisten at 7:17 :-)