[kwlug-disc] Linux has made it to Mars

[Doug Moen]

The processor is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801.

I can't find official confirmation, but it is likely running Ubuntu, based on this:
https://www.linux.com/news/qualcomm-goes-ubuntu-drone-reference-platform/

On Sat, Feb 20, 2021, at 4:59 PM, jason.eckert wrote:
> 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 ;-)
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> Sent from my Samsung device running Android (basically Linux in drag)
> 
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> -------- 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.
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> https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/aerospace/robotic-exploration/nasa-designed-perseverance-helicopter-rover-fly-autonomously-mars
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> This is the framework that NASA is using on it (open source)
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> https://github.com/nasa/fprime
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> And 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 ruggedized
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> https://trs.jpl.nasa.gov/bitstream/handle/2014/46229/CL%2317-6243.pdf
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> Linux or not, it is pretty cool. Linux just makes it double cool ... 
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