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Re:Ask HN: Software and programming languages on the Mars Pe... by virgil_disgr4ce on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:30PM (#26182768)
> Since memory is no longer a (significant) space constraint in 2021

Is this definitely true in the context of astronautics?

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Re:Ask HN: Software and programming languages on the Mars Pe... by bootloop on Thursday February 18, 2021 @01:51PM (#26183906)
The main computer of Perseverance (and Curiosity) has 256 megabytes of RAM. Which is only twice of what Spirit and Opportunity had so I wouldn't call this a significant increase. (Even Pathfinder had 128 in 1997 but wasn't a rover.)
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