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Re:Mars becomes the 2nd planet that has more computers runni... by amself on Friday February 19, 2021 @04:59PM (#26198574)
I imagine all commands have to get signed for the rover to accept them, but even if their keys were compromised and some vulnerability was found in the software, wouldn't you also need a network of really big dishes (see DSN) to actually send the commands to the rover?
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Re:Mars becomes the 2nd planet that has more computers runni... by laurent92 on Friday February 19, 2021 @05:21PM (#26198788)
> Wouldn’t you also need a big network of dishes

Nah, you can subscribe to big-dishes-on-demand using AWS Ground Station.

Wait, they did exactly that: https://aws.amazon.com/ground-station/

While some innovate, once again AWS reaps the margins of the whole space conquest by discretely providing the infrastructure that everyone needs. Clever!

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Re:Mars becomes the 2nd planet that has more computers runni... by folli on Friday February 19, 2021 @05:49PM (#26199060)
I honestly chuckled because of your AWS parody.

Than I clicked the link...

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Re:Mars becomes the 2nd planet that has more computers runni... by alvarlagerlof on Friday February 19, 2021 @07:00PM (#26199714)
Same. Now I'm wondering what they're not offering.
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