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Is the payload software also running on that embedded board?

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Is the payload software also running on that embedded board?

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Yes, it is for the most part. There are a couple of payloads that have their own internal processors, but every payload has at least some sort of interface software running in the embedded. That’s not a really beefy embedded board actually. It’s what, thirty-three megahertz? Yeah. That’s — yeah. About 128 megabytes of RAM? That’s right. I imagine that produces some interesting challenges, getting all of that software to run together on that board while also having it land on the planet successfully. Yes. It certainly does. I mean it’s a venerable board. We’ve used it ever since the Mars Pathfinder Mission what — about 12 years ago, 14 years ago? Sounds right. This is the last of the missions that are slated to fly this board. And the only reason we flew that one was because we inherited an already partially assembled Lander system from the 2001 Lander project that was cancelled. That’s why this is called the Phoenix, because you used parts from other missions? That’s right. When you ta

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