Friday, August 10, 2012

Curiosity rover's computer built for the rigors of Mars - Spaceflight Now


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Curiosity rover's computer built for the rigors of Mars
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The resulting computers can cost anywhere from $200,000 to a half-million dollars. While all that might seem like overkill to an outsider, space-based computers simply have to work. "There's no repair man in space," Doyle said. But given the ...

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