544: Half the Bits, Double the Pain
This challenge gets ugly as we slowly realize we've just become zombie slayers.
We load Linux on three barely alive systems, and it takes a turn we didn't expect.
406: Mars Goes to Shell
en-usMay 18, 2021
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About this Episode
Tim Canham, Mars Helicopter Operations Lead at NASA’s JPL joins us again to share technical details you've never heard about the Ingenuity Linux Copter on Mars. And the challenges they had to work around to achieve their five successful flights. Special Guest: Tim Canham.
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