I'd not be surprised to find out that it runs Linux. Still, even if it doesn't, it's appropriately geeky for sharing in the O-T section of the site.
Perseverance has successfully landed on Mars.
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For grins and giggles a quick search revealed that NASA Space Station Machines run Scientific Linux and RHEL.
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I bet that rover was a pretty penny!
International Space Station adopts Debian Linux, drops Windows & Red Hat into airlock - Open Source Insider
In space, no one can hear you scream at the Windows 8 Metro screen.
I bet that rover was a pretty penny!
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The rover alone, all told with what it ties into, was 2.5 billion dollars according to a NatGeo article.
And, I knew some Linux was used in space, but not exactly where and what. I'm not sure what was on the trip to Mars, but it may have had Tux onboard.
And, I knew some Linux was used in space, but not exactly where and what. I'm not sure what was on the trip to Mars, but it may have had Tux onboard.
I have a memory that Raspberry Pi's have been taken to the ISS previously for running projects.
Wiz
Anyone know what OS the rover is running?
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Which operating system is Perseverance running?
A few days ago, I watched Perseverance being launched towards Mars. I know that there is lots of very specific hardware embedded into the rover, so, very likely, there has been software written by ...
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Lies and more lies the Rover is really running Arch!!
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Well whatever OS it's using it appears to be working from the pictures I've seen.
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I assume it's some RTOS that does fancy checking with 3 of everything and the 2 (or more) that are in agreement are what it goes with.
Way back in grad school, I had the chance to help with some mathematics for a satellite that is still in orbit all these years later (or should be). It measures fluctuations in the gravitational fields in a non-synchronous orbit. That's how it operated at its core and is still how mission-critical software operates in many areas like aviation.
Way back in grad school, I had the chance to help with some mathematics for a satellite that is still in orbit all these years later (or should be). It measures fluctuations in the gravitational fields in a non-synchronous orbit. That's how it operated at its core and is still how mission-critical software operates in many areas like aviation.
Linux Is Now on Mars, Thanks to NASA's Perseverance Rover
Previous NASA Mars rovers mostly used an operating system from Wind River Systems. But this time, the space agency chose Linux for Perseverance's Ingenuity helicopter drone.
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That's cool tux on Mars.
I've read that BSD is quite popular too for firewalls, ISP and various other big systems.
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I used to keep a BSD-powered web server alive. It wasn't as hard as people think and, once set up, was remarkably stable.
FreeBSD's biggest and most impressive user is Netflix. Streaming all that video 24/7 says a lot about its capabilities. I am just dipping my toes into it and not at all proficient, but I like it and hope to learn more. Linux has far more development, though, so it is much easier to run more hardware with it.
Congrats NASA Perseverance and the Linux-based Ingenuity helicopter drone!
I took a peek at BSD recently but I've decided to stick to Linux because I work with GNU/Linux for my job, because GNU/Linux has more hardware support and it's already a PITA to keep with with the development of one OS.FreeBSD's biggest and most impressive user is Netflix. Streaming all that video 24/7 says a lot about its capabilities. I am just dipping my toes into it and not at all proficient, but I like it and hope to learn more. Linux has far more development, though, so it is much easier to run more hardware with it.
Congrats NASA Perseverance and the Linux-based Ingenuity helicopter drone!
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I think I read somewhere that Google was also using BSD for something important, but a 30 second search didn't have any interesting results - so it may be a figment of my imagination.
This may be a little of topic but still about a spacecraft with a really long uptime.
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I have never seen any tangible evidence that proves that anyone or anything has ever even left Earths atmosphere. All of this could of easily just been done on Earth could it not.
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