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   From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "a425couple"  wrote in message news:3N%lR.29432$Tqv2.9277@fx38.iad...   
      
   from   
   https://phys.org/news/2026-02-mars-gps-perseverance-centimeters.html   
      
   The Mars Global Localization algorithm runs on a fast commercial   
   processor in the Helicopter Base Station   
   -----------------------------------   
      
   Qualcomm Snapdragon 801.   
      
   https://spectrum.ieee.org/nasa-designed-perseverance-helicopter-   
   over-fly-autonomously-mars   
   "It’s kind of an open-source victory, because we’re flying an open-source   
   operating system and an open-source flight software framework and flying   
   commercial parts that you can buy off the shelf if you wanted to do this   
   yourself someday."   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)