From: noselasd@frisurf.no   
      
   In article , D wrote:   
   >> said JPL data management engineer Roger Klemm. "The code was   
   >> reworked, and a complete new memory image was uploaded to the spacecraft   
   > and   
   >> installed on the rover shortly after launch."   
   >> Klemm said. "When we uploaded a new image to the rover, we   
   >> recognized that those [old] files would have to be deleted, because they   
   > were being   
   >> replaced by a new set using different directories."   
   >> Accordingly, on Martian day 15 (or "sol 15") of rover operation, a utility   
   > was   
   >> uploaded to the rover to find and delete the old directories.   
   >   
   > Interesting story.  What it doesn't explain (or maybe I'm not getting it) is   
   > why the attempt to delete the old files wasn't made until sol 15, just 4   
   > days before the old files would create a critical shortage of memory.  Seems   
   > like they had months to fix the problem and didn't.  Am I missing something?   
   They didn't know/think of that this could be a problem..   
      
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