Re: Mars Rover Not Responding
From: Michael N. Christoff (mchristoff_at_sympatico.caREMOVETHIS)
Date: 01/23/04
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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:02:18 -0500
"Joe "Nuke Me Xemu" Foster" <joe@bftsi0.UUCP> wrote in message
news:1074811925.53656@news-1.nethere.net...
> "Michael N. Christoff" <mchristoff@sympatico.caREMOVETHIS> wrote in
message <news:LJXPb.17371$cQ6.662625@news20.bellglobal.com>...
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> > "This is a serious problem. This is an extremely serious anomaly," said
Pete
> > Theisinger Spirit project manager.
> > "There is no single fault that explains all the observables."
> >
> > "...but Spirit was only transmitting "pseudo-noise", a random series of
> > zeroes and ones in binary code and not anything the scientists could
> > decipher."
> >
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3421071.stm
>
> Are they sure it's not just Sun's JVM taking a break to do a GC?
>
If they were using standard Java (ie: not a real-time version) that would
not be beyond the realm of possibility. Hopefully its something just as
recoverable. (Note: I'm pretty certain Java is not actually running on
the rover itself).
l8r, Mike N. Christoff
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