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The helicopter has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801. That is probably more powerful than the Perseverance's cpu" 200 MHz BAE RAD750. I wonder if they could offload com
by sand500 6y ago
The helicopter has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801. That is probably more powerful than the Perseverance's cpu" 200 MHz BAE RAD750. I wonder if they could offload compute tasks to the helicopter.
- ssijak 6y agoIt is more powerful. But it has to fly in real time on its own. Rover is on the ground and can do things more slowly without penalty.
- fudged71 6y agoThey will not. The helicopter is a side project that gets abandoned after 30 days regardless of outcomes, the rover drives away (presumably out of range)
- sand500 6y ago> gets abandoned after 30 days regardless of outcomes Thats surprising since it is a huge pain to get to Mars. I wonder if it can keep up with the rover if it does one or two flights a day?
- fudged71 6y agoThey are planning 3-5 flights max in the 30 days. It’s a technology demonstration. Essentially a throwaway experiment. All they care to prove is whether they can fly on mars. Any extra value they get out of it is a bonus