NASA to visit Best Buy to fix rover...

[2Sheds_Jackson]

From Foxnews-


Engineers believe Spirit does not have sufficient random-access memory to manage all the files in its flash memory. To prevent similar problems on Opportunity, engineers deleted recently created but unneeded computer files from its flash memory, which is similar to the memory that digital cameras use to store photographs

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,109702,00.html

2 rovers to drive on Mars =$800,000,000
128MB of PC-133 from Best Buy = $28
Getting someone to deliver & install it...priceless

[MVSpartan117]

rofl

[Falco]

LOL!! that's good

[Haiw]

"Look guys, we've got a 800 million dollar project here, and the people high up have decided that they won't give us a bigger budget anymore, so does anyone have any good idea's to cut some big costs?"
"Eeerrm well, we might save 28 bucks if we cut the memory in the Rover from 256 to 128 meg..."

[Chet Mystery]

"Look guys, we've got a 800 million dollar project here, and the people high up have decided that they won't give us a bigger budget anymore, so does anyone have any good idea's to cut some big costs?"
"Eeerrm well, we might save 28 bucks if we cut the memory in the Rover from 256 to 128 meg..."

Brilliant! p-)

[Seraphim]

Flash memory is like the memory in your digicam, not your PC. Also the processor speed on the rover is 20mhz.

[Haiw]

Flash memory is like the memory in your digicam, not your PC. Also the processor speed on the rover is 20mhz.
rofl
My crappy old 486 SX is faster than that! :lol:

[Seraphim]

Yes but can it handle the radiation and temp levels on mars?

[Haiw]

I don't know, I never got the chance to use it on Mars... :(