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Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - Paul F. - 05-26-2017
4,870 Earth Days (4,740 Mars Sols) on Mars.
Dragging one wheel, and periodically it's RAM spontaneously "wipes".
Still operational.
Still returning data.
Nothing further to report... at this time.
Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - ztirffritz - 05-26-2017
Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - Paul F. - 05-26-2017
Dammit.. I KNEW someone was going to post that one...
*sniff*
I have something in my eye....
*sniff*
Poor Spirit...
Good little rover... it's OK... it's gonna be OK..
*bawl!*
Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - Rick-o - 05-26-2017
Machines HATE IT when you anthropomorphize them!
Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - Lew Zealand - 05-26-2017
Hmm, outlived it's warranty by 56x. That'd be like getting a Mac now and having it be functional in 2073. Not bad.
Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - Racer X - 05-27-2017
I think it is using a hardened mil-spec 386 processor. There are few left in storage. Interesting to see what they do next.
Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - NewtonMP2100 - 05-27-2017
....525,600 minutes.........
Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - Buzz - 05-27-2017
I'm still waiting for those silly kids at JPL to realize they've been catphished by Voyager 3 impersonating Opportunity... V3 was pissed that his mission to interstellar space was scrapped after his older siblings got off and got their glory, so what better way to have fun with the SGV Nerd Herd?
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Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - Filliam H. Muffman - 05-27-2017
"...hardened mil-spec 386 processor..."
I would be tempted to use a PPC processor. Assembly code for those is a lot easier to write.
Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - p8712 - 05-27-2017
Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
"...hardened mil-spec 386 processor..."
I would be tempted to use a PPC processor. Assembly code for those is a lot easier to write.
I think one of the later probes runs in a G3 ppc.
Why haven't we just duplicated this design and dropped a dozen of them on Mars by now?