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> Ingenuity runs Linux (for the first time on Mars) and uses the open-source F' software framework on a 2.26 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor. Radiation hardened processors aren’t fast enough for the real-time vision requirements of the experiment—but as an unprotected COTS processor, it will fail periodically due to radiation-induced bit flips, possibly as much as every few minutes. NASA’s solution is to use a radiation-tolerant FPGA ProASIC3 to keep an eye on the CPU (paper) and software that attempts to double-check operations as much as possible. “[I]f any difference is detected they simply reboot. Ingenuity will start to fall out of the sky, but it can go through a full reboot and come back online in a few hundred milliseconds to continue flying.”
Source: https://orbitalindex.com/archive/2021-02-24-Issue-105/#ingenuity
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Reminds me that SpaceX has now landed rocket boosters successfully over 200 times. Landing just a single rocket was huge news a few years ago.
The US is launching things into space about 20 times as frequently compared to 10 years ago [1]. Now, most rocket launches don't make mainstream news—I only keep up with things by subscribing to a niche newsletter [2].
[1] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/yearly-number-of-objects-launched-into-outer-space
[2] https://orbitalindex.com
Cheers! Thank you!
https://orbitalindex.com/ is an amazing resource.
https://jatan.space/ is another that I follow.
Payload Research newsletter rocks too: https://mailchi.mp/payloadresearch/bezos-leaves-earth?e=e515a5a900
There's even a Slack bot to be notified of launches (most of which you don't hear about on the news): https://groundcontrolbot.space/
Bug report for https://orbitalindex.com/ :
In desktop Firefox 77.0.1, the page can be scrolled (i.e. the scrollbar is moving) for pages without anything happening. It took me a moment to notice that a content section can be pulled in from the right side. Disabling sanity-saving addons (ad-/tracking blockers) did not make a difference.
The Orbital Index [https://orbitalindex.com] for space related stuff.
The Prepared [https://theprepared.org/] for engineering discussions.
The Convivial Society [https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com] for discussions about technology and societies intersections, and the good life, with a focus on the works of Ivan Illich.