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Re:Mars Rover Curiosity Survives 'Brain Surgery,' Set for 1s... by sausagefeet on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @01:03PM (#4386910)
My guess is weight + money. Not sure how much a space hardened flash costs. On top of that could be complexity costs.
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Re:Mars Rover Curiosity Survives 'Brain Surgery,' Set for 1s... by ralfd on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @03:17PM (#4387676)
Not quite. The reason is that the specs of the mission were frozen 2004.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/08/08/Curiosity-interview-...

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