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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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two articles on the IT side of curiosity.www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/08/mars_probe_cpu/
www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/07/curiosity_software_upgrade/
(, Wed 8 Aug 2012, 10:25, 1 reply, 13 years ago)
The only reason they give is low power requirements.Which on a rover with a battery that last 14 years, I'm really struggling to see the point.
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Kroney, Wed 8 Aug 2012, 10:27,
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It only kicks out about 100 watts I think.And a lot of the power is used to power heaters to stop it from freezing.
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OK, now that makes sense.Though personally, I'd half the battery life, increase the wattage and put a decent bloody computer in there.
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