The total cost of Curiosity to date is well under 5% of the cost of the recent trip humans took around the moon (something like $3B vs. $90B, or $20 vs. $600 per US taxpayer). Imagine the amount of science that could get done if we gave even half the budget of crewed spaceflight to rover &#x2F; probe style exploration.

Was excited to hear that they have a lower power rad-hard snapdragon system going into the new missions!   The RAD 750 is basically a 30-year old IBM RS-6000.  Very well known, but has been the goto CPU for way longer than I thought it would be.

Curiosity is a teenager now? Damn, I didn&#x27;t need to feel this much older today..

I am happy to know this emblem of knowledge stream keeps coming until 2035. It is wonderful to know our innovations have flown 200 odd million miles and work for so long!

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, for those who are missing basic writing standards.

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How JPL keeps the 13-year-old Curiosity rover doing science

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