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#NASA repurposes Mars Helicopter’s ancient Snapdragon SoC to help #Perseverance rover navigate - https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/23/perseverance_rover_soc_navigation_upgrade/ "Upgrade allows robot
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Feb 23, 2026
@glynmoody@mastodon.social That confused me a bit – it turns out that NASA repurposed the processor the Perseverance rover used to communicate with the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, i.e. the helicopter base station, not the CPU inside the helicopter itself.
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