Open source group preps Linux computer for Lunar X-Prize glory

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jan 31, 2011 7:32 PM EDT
Linux for Devices; By Eric Brown
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At the Linux.conf.au conference, an Australian-based "Lunar Numbat" project presented its plan for a Linux-based flight control computer for a lunar spacecraft. The open source flight computer will be part of the "White Label Space" entry in Google's $20 million Lunar X-Prize, to be awarded to a team that can send a working rover to the Moon and transmit back images.

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