Author Topic: What rover Spirit discovered on Mars (photos) (Read 474 times)

Epsilon · « **on:** May 27, 2011, 03:30:56 PM »

ZDNet reports:

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On May 25, 2011 NASA finally pulled the plug on one of the world's greatest Mars explorers, the rover Spirit. The six-wheeled robot landed on Jan. 3, 2004 on the Red Planet and was expected to last about three months so NASA definitely got its money worth out of the little guy.

Here's a quick tour of some of the biggest discoveries and accomplishments made by Spirit. Here's one of the first looks sent back to Earth by Spirit a day after it landed. Note its air bags in this image.

Credit: NASA

Jason · « **Reply #1 on:** May 27, 2011, 03:45:32 PM »

Good article-

Just so you know Epsilon... NASA uses radiation-hardened Intel 8085 8-bit processors on that machine. The humble Z-80 can run that code...!

Epsilon · « **Reply #2 on:** May 27, 2011, 03:48:53 PM »

Quote from: Jason on May 27, 2011, 03:45:32 PM

Good article-

Just so you know Epsilon... NASA uses radiation-hardened Intel 8085 8-bit processors on that machine. The humble Z-80 can run that code...!

But I'm assuming not the radiation

Epsilon · « **Reply #3 on:** May 27, 2011, 03:57:29 PM »

Sadly I just saw this from NASA JPL "NASA Concludes Attempts To Contact Mars Rover Spirit"

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