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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Is About To Get a Precarious Memory Wipe

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Is About To Get a Precarious Memory Wipe

by The Daily Eye Team November 2 2015, 4:28 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 16 secs

Prior to its Aug. 12, 2005 launch, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) was loaded up with 10 years’ worth of data projecting the future positions of Earth and the Sun. These locations are provided to the orbiter in the event of an unexpected computer shutdown.

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