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#1 2004-01-03 17:28:21

Rxke
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Registered: 2003-11-03
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Re: MAESTRO Software online - used by Mars Rovers

Nice recource for software-telerobotics developers around here ...
Telascience


(Cindy, sorry for creating new thread, outside the regular rover thread, but i tought this could be of interest for 'other' (heh) people...)


(BTW it's slashdotted now, an article about the software is on /. for the moment, so the site gets too much hits...)
Slashdot article... Be warned, better read at level 2 or higher, and even at 4 lots of idiocy, but some interesting comments from the team itself, too...

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#2 2004-01-03 17:34:10

Rxke
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From: Belgium
Registered: 2003-11-03
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Re: MAESTRO Software online - used by Mars Rovers

About the slashdotting: one JPL admin is clearly panicking:

"Help! (Score:5, Interesting)
by JPL-Jeff (737613)  on Sat 03 Jan 04:58PM (#7868994)

Well, we just discovered how NOT ready we were for Slashdot. Is there any hope of getting ahold of a Slashdot editor and arranging for temporary relief? If we can get an hour or so to put up some mirrors and bittorrent links, then I'll think we'll be ready for you. "

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