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This seems to be no big deal. Stuff like this is how learn to do real world robotics.

• ceejayoz 7y ago
  Sure, but your heart is probably still going to skip a few beats when you realize a software glitch has halted a $2.5 billion device.
  • Ididntdothis 7y ago
    Absolutely. But these types of glitches are necessary to learn about real world problems.
  • capableweb 7y ago
    And then to resume to slightly-above normal heart beats when you remember it was designed for way less time/usage than it actually survives. Guess we'll see if this is the final stone or not, apparently they are trying to get it right again (thinking about that, wonder how it feels to deploy a hotfix to another fucking planet)
  • ISL 7y ago
    Viewed another way, a successful bugfix brings a $2.5B instrument back to life.
    • Ididntdothis 7y ago
      And it demonstrates that the design allowed bug fixes while the rover is on another planet. I view this as big success for the engineering. They did a great job. It’s more important to have the ability to fix bugs than avoiding bugs.
      • danimal88 7y ago
        Assuming your bug fix mechanism is bug free...
        • Ididntdothis 7y ago
          True. That's where a lot of the quality effort should go. Also keep this part as simple as possible.
  • fnord77 7y ago
    ...on another planet