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The rover still uses the radiation hardened PowerPC (RAD750 circa 2001 = 301K per CPU) but the drone uses a Snapdragon 801 SoC - it was not considered mission c
by tibbydudeza 4y ago
The rover still uses the radiation hardened PowerPC (RAD750 circa 2001 = 301K per CPU) but the drone uses a Snapdragon 801 SoC - it was not considered mission critical so the team could use off the shelf hardware.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAD750 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAD750
- UltraViolence 4y agoThe MARCO Mars satellites also used COTS components and computers, all running Linux. The worked great AFAIK. They even had a cheap COTS breakout-board camera which snapped a couple of pictures of Mars!
- tibbydudeza 4y agoThey are experimental and low cost (183 million USD) Cubesats - a great way to get educational institutions involved in space exploration without the backing of a NASA budget.