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Thinking on Mars: The Brains of NASA's Red Planet Rovers
Topic: Miscellaneous 7:31 pm EST, Jan 29, 2004

] At the nerve center of each MER rover is a 6-by 9-inch
] electronics board containing one computer responsible for
] every process that goes into a mission, whether it be
] monitoring spacecraft health in transit, deploying
] parachutes during landing or roving about the red planet.
] The computer, called a RAD6000, is a tried and true
] component for NASA space mission that has formed the
] brains of past Mars missions in the, as well as the
] recent Stardust comet encounter.

k-rad, even. sorry, couldn't help myself...

the venerable powerpc in yet another form.

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