NASA Space Rover Under Alaskan Ice

RE: NASA Space Rover Under Alaskan Ice

shabaz — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 22:58:24 GMT

Hi Drew,

That was an incredible video to watch (good old National Geographic : ). I can see that features like the on-board eMMC, very secure mounting capability and open source hardware were probably critical features for selection for this scenario.

I wonder if any parts were modified, or if it was a totally unmodified BBB that was run through temperature tests to confirm operation, since it was controlling what was probably very expensive hardware.

RE: NASA Space Rover Under Alaskan Ice

kas.lewis — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 19:50:26 GMT

Im curious about the radio link, how do they achieve the link from under the ice (presumably a foot or more think)

RE: NASA Space Rover Under Alaskan Ice

bwelsby — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 09:14:23 GMT

Thanks Drew, nice one.

The BBB is still my favourite.

RE: NASA Space Rover Under Alaskan Ice

balearicdynamics — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 05:32:56 GMT

Nice Drew.

No idea if they started working with good commercial hardware or the opposite [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-668863a3-f70b-470f-be30-020c6776fe40/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16] It will be interesting to know this detail.

Enrico

RE: NASA Space Rover Under Alaskan Ice

jw0752 — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 05:16:44 GMT

Hi Drew,

That was really interesting. Thanks for posting the video.

John