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by virgil_disgr4ce 1948 days ago
> Since memory is no longer a (significant) space constraint in 2021

Is this definitely true in the context of astronautics?
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bootloop 1947 days ago
The main computer of Perseverance (and Curiosity) has 256 megabytes of RAM. Which is only twice of what Spirit and Opportunity had so I wouldn't call this a significant increase. (Even Pathfinder had 128 in 1997 but wasn't a rover.)
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