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I thought one of the Viking landers was lost when a software update pointed the big antenna at Mars rather than at Earth... hard to send software updates after

I thought one of the Viking landers was lost when a software update pointed the big antenna at Mars rather than at Earth... hard to send software updates after that.

zarq 5y ago
That's an easy fix; just put a repeater on Mars...
- astrange 5y ago
  We've got one of those. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter