<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Of course, I'm sure that everyone is wondering if NASA used an existing distro or rolled their own. If it was the former, it'd be pretty funny if it were CentOS ;-)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757">Sent from my Samsung device running Android (basically Linux in drag)</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Khalid Baheyeldin <kb@2bits.com> </div><div>Date: 2021-02-20 16:49 (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc@kwlug.org> </div><div>Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Linux has made it to Mars </div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div>For those who want to dig deeper.</div><div><br></div><div>Here is an article on the helicopter that has Linux.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/aerospace/robotic-exploration/nasa-designed-perseverance-helicopter-rover-fly-autonomously-mars">https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/aerospace/robotic-exploration/nasa-designed-perseverance-helicopter-rover-fly-autonomously-mars</a></div><div><br></div><div>This is the framework that NASA is using on it (open source)</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://github.com/nasa/fprime">https://github.com/nasa/fprime</a></div><div><br></div><div>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</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://trs.jpl.nasa.gov/bitstream/handle/2014/46229/CL%2317-6243.pdf">https://trs.jpl.nasa.gov/bitstream/handle/2014/46229/CL%2317-6243.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>Linux or not, it is pretty cool. Linux just makes it double cool ... <br></div></div>
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