Friday, February 10, 2012
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Computer Issue Patched
In rare sets of circumstances unique to how this mission uses the processor, cache access errors could occur, resulting in instructions not being executed properly. This is what happened on the spacecraft on November 29th. The Mars Science Laboratory mission will use its car-size rover, Curiosity, to investigate whether the selected region on Mars inside Gale Crater has offered environmental conditions favorable for supporting microbial life and favorable for preserving clues about whether life existed. Curiosity will land on Mars on August 6th, 2012. The spacecraft began normal use of its star tracker and true celestial navigation this week after its software update.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK:
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK:
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