Astronomy
According to BBC, Mars rover Opportunity [don't be confused with Curiosity], which has been exploring the Red Planet for more than 10 years, is suffering from memory problems.
The Opportunity team thinks an age-related fault affecting the flash memory used by the robot is to blame.NASA believes it has found a way to hack the rover's software to disregard the faulty part.
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Astronomy
Nasa to hack Mars rover Opportunity to fix 'amnesia' fault
According to BBC, Mars rover Opportunity [don't be confused with Curiosity], which has been exploring the Red Planet for more than 10 years, is suffering from memory problems.
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