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Re:Curiosity rover gives Nasa a scare, needed a reset by dvno42 on Monday February 25, 2019 @03:07AM (#19243914)
Does anyone have more info on this? From what I recall there are mirrored systems with duplicate CPUs, memory, flash, etc. In the event of issues with one computer, they failover to the second. Was this an issue with something on the "A/primary", "B/backup" computer, or something more global?
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Re:Curiosity rover gives Nasa a scare, needed a reset by ZeKZ on Monday February 25, 2019 @07:01AM (#19245001)
Take a look at this : https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9783-the_mars_rover_on-board_com...

Around 25:45, there is a quick part about the CPU A flash issues on Sol 200.

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