On Jan 20, 10:01 am, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Jan 20, 2011, at 7:51 AM, John Carmonne wrote:
>
> > Hmm, sounds like Binary, been there;-)
>
> Binary data, with fun things like different endedness and things like 14 bit 
> bytes, etc.
>
> However this old data is proving invaluable, a re-analysis of old Pioneer 
> data is solving some mysteries about the solar system:
>
> <http://www.space.com/3608-newfound-data-solve-nasa-great-gravity-myst...>
>
> And re-analysis of Viking data changed some findings 180 degrees:
>
> <http://news.discovery.com/space/viking-mars-organics-experiment.html>
>
> (Of course, this analysis wouldn't have been possible without the additional 
> knowledge we've learned from the magnificent Mars Rover programs which show 
> indisputably that NASA's still able to conjure up the Right Stuff. Probes 
> with 90-day mission expected lifetimes and one is STILL working, SEVEN YEARS 
> later.)
>
That's 'cause they run 68K processors - never shoulda switched...

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