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Curiosity swaps out its primary computer, to hopefully restore full functionality

2013-03-01 13:08:44| Extremetech

200 million miles away, on the surface of the Red Planet, humankind's most advanced interplanetary endeavor -- Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity -- is attempting one of the most complex and dangerous maneuvers possible: Switching out its primary on-board computer for the identical, redundant fail-safe computer. It is hoped that the swap will restore Curiosity to full operational capability.

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