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Perseverance Perseveres: A Mars rover update from Ken Farley

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

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We've Come a Long Way, Haven't We?

The computer revolution is coming. I don't know about as quickly er, but i have no doubt we will be able to cover on mars, long distances. We put on board specifically for this purpose a dedicated processor for doing image processing. And that has allowed us to drive up to about 300 meters in a single saw. The autonomy that's facilitated by a really fast process, or if you can start taking ground out of the loop, meaning t meating all the people back at j p l and around the world that are making this mission happen. That'll really speed everything up.

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