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The ultimate remote admin: NASA will reformat Opportunitys dodgy flash memory from 125 million miles away

2014-09-02 17:56:55| Extremetech

It would seem, despite being outfitted with the finest flash memory that money can buy, even Mars rover Opportunity isn't immune to worn-out NAND cells. After a dozen unplanned reboots in August, most likely caused by the faulty flash, NASA is moving ahead with a complete reformat of the rover's volatile memory. Back in 2004, Opportunity's sibling rover -- Spirit -- was brought back from the brink of death with a similar reformatting maneuver. Considering Opportunity has now been roving the surface of Mars for over a decade, and all it has required is some small software updates and now a format, I'd say the little rover has done rather well.

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