[kwlug-disc] Linux has made it to Mars

[Francisco Dominguez]

Thanks for sharing Khalid... may try to build one :-)

Francisco 
fxdoming at gmail.com

> On Feb 20, 2021, at 4:49 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> For those who want to dig deeper.
> 
> Here is an article on the helicopter that has Linux.
> 
> https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/aerospace/robotic-exploration/nasa-designed-perseverance-helicopter-rover-fly-autonomously-mars
> 
> This is the framework that NASA is using on it (open source)
> 
> https://github.com/nasa/fprime
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> And since this is a proof of concept mainly (that something can fly on Mars), it is made of off the shelf parts, i.e. not radiation shielded and ruggedized
> 
> https://trs.jpl.nasa.gov/bitstream/handle/2014/46229/CL%2317-6243.pdf
> 
> Linux or not, it is pretty cool. Linux just makes it double cool ... 
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