Tag: nasa
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Space debris becomes an asteroid
In 2002, an amateur astronomer discovered a new asteroid orbiting the earth. Further investigation revealed that is was a long, lost third stage of an Saturn V rocket that has been floating out in deep space since 1969.
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Mars Curiosity computer specs
Inside the Mars Curiosity Rover is basically an Apple G3 (PowerPC) computer with 256MB of DRAM, and 2GB of flash storage (see ExtremeTech for details). Note that this cpu is about 1/4 the speed of an iPhone half the RAM (512MB) and much less than the 64GB of storage memory. Oh, and the software? Some of…