火星の四輪観測装置。
メモリーが失われるというトラブル。
10年にもなる観測装置がきちんと動作しているのはすごいことだ。
BBCより。
Nasa to hack Mars rover Opportunity to fix ‘amnesia’ fault
http://m.bbc.com/news/technology-30642548
Mars rover Opportunity, which has been exploring the Red Planet for more than 10 years, is suffering from memory problems, Nasa has said.
The six-wheeled vehicle – not to be confused with Curiosity, which launched in 2011 – keeps resetting unexpectedly.
The Opportunity team thinks an age-related fault affecting the flash memory used by the robot is to blame.
It believes it has found a way to hack the rover’s software to disregard the faulty part.
Speaking to Discovery News, Nasa project manager John Callas outlined how his team intended to solve the issue.…
