[kwlug-disc] Linux has made it to Mars

[jason.eckert]

Of course, I'm sure that everyone is wondering if NASA used an existing distro or rolled their own. If it was the former, it'd be pretty funny if it were CentOS ;-)Sent from my Samsung device running Android (basically Linux in drag)
-------- Original message --------From: Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> Date: 2021-02-20  16:49  (GMT-05:00) To: KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Linux has made it to Mars For those who want to dig deeper.Here is an article on the helicopter that has Linux.https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/aerospace/robotic-exploration/nasa-designed-perseverance-helicopter-rover-fly-autonomously-marsThis is the framework that NASA is using on it (open source)https://github.com/nasa/fprimeAnd since this is a proof of concept mainly (that something can fly on Mars), it is made of off the shelf parts, i.e. not radiation shielded and ruggedizedhttps://trs.jpl.nasa.gov/bitstream/handle/2014/46229/CL%2317-6243.pdfLinux or not, it is pretty cool. Linux just makes it double cool ... 
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