Space Travel with Volatile Memory

For this question, let's say we have a space faring civilization. They are at least 100 years more advanced than us, and are drawing up plans to send colonists to a neighboring star.

The catch is, non volatile computing memory is something that lies outside of their grasp - ie hard drives - and only much more primitive, small, forms of it are available (1950's magnetic tape, punch cards, books, etc.). However, their computing technology is quite advanced, and volatile memory is very potent.

How would their society be impacted by this tech gap, and how would it affect their ability to travel through space?

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Raznarok‭

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