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Download the Public Version of the Software NASA Uses to Operate Mars Rovers
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| 3 Jan 04
| Keith Cowing
Posted on 01/03/2004 11:44:09 AM PST by RightWhale
Download the Public Version of the Software NASA Uses to Operate Mars Rovers
Keith Cowing, Friday, January 02, 2004
This Saturday, January 3, the first of NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers will arrive on Mars and begin its mission.
The Maestro team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory has created a public version of the primary software tool used by the mission scientists to operate the rovers.
By visiting the Maestro website, you can download a scaled-down version of the program that NASA scientists use to operate Spirit and Opportunity rovers.
During the mission, updates will be released on this site containing real data from Mars that you can add to your copy of Maestro.
In order to use Maestro, your computer must meet the following minimum requirements:
256 MB of memory
100 MB of available disk space
A Pentium 3 or equivalent processor (G3 on Mac)
A 3D graphics accelerator (strongly recommended)
You will also need to be using one of the following supporting operating systems:
Windows XP/2000/98/Me
Mac OS X version 10.3 (Panther) , with Java3D installed
Linux (recent versions)
Solaris (recent versions)
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: maestro; mars; nasa; rover; spirit
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To: RightWhale
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Did anybody actually do the download? Yes ! I did !
omg . .amazing !
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01/03/2004 8:36:51 PM PST
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ChadGore
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To: RightWhale
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01/03/2004 8:42:10 PM PST
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ChadGore
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To: ChadGore
This is AMAZING !!
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01/03/2004 9:00:14 PM PST
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ChadGore
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To: ChadGore; MississippiMan
Looks like you will indeed get some real data for your simulator. Spirit is resting on base petal. :)
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01/03/2004 9:01:16 PM PST
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RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: RightWhale
bttt
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01/03/2004 10:23:24 PM PST
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ChadGore
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01/04/2004 5:01:19 AM PST
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ChadGore
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To: searchandrecovery
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01/04/2004 5:13:24 AM PST
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ChadGore
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01/04/2004 2:03:25 PM PST
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ChadGore
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To: ChadGore
I understand Maestro will allow downloads of photos received from the mission. Does anybody have more info on that? Where do you find them and have any been made available yet?
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01/04/2004 3:27:31 PM PST
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cerberus
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