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I take it to mean only the development environment was Windows 98, otherwise they could just have said using Win98. It wouldn't make any sense to put Win98 in M

I take it to mean only the development environment was Windows 98, otherwise they could just have said using Win98. It wouldn't make any sense to put Win98 in MARSIS itself. Sending things into space isn't about how fast a solution can be made, it's about the robustness of what goes out.

Sharlin 4y ago
Yes, there's most definitely not anything on the probe that could even run Windows 98. ESA's article is pretty clear that it's just that the software was originally developed on Win98, but of course the usual game of telephone happened and several websites have actually reported that the orbiter itself is running Win98…