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Anyone able to ge the Mars Rover software to work?
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Jan 3, 2004, 07:00 PM
 
http://mars.telascience.org/home/

I've been trying to get this to run with no luck. It crashes during launch. I'm running 10.3.2 on a G5.

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Jan 3, 2004, 07:11 PM
 
Okay, you need Java3D available here

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Jan 3, 2004, 07:21 PM
 
Doesn't run under 10.3.1 on my iBook either.

BTW: What does "We've been Slashdotted" mean? It's from the mentioned website.
     
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Jan 3, 2004, 07:30 PM
 
I got it running. Not much to play with until it lands and transmits some data.

"We've been Slashdotted" means that their server has been overloaded by hits from http://slashdot.org/ . Often when they post a news story so many of the Slashdot crowd go to the web site that it takes down the server.

slashdot.org is an interesting place.
     
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Jan 4, 2004, 08:59 AM
 
Can't download it, any chance you could serve from an ftp site?

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Jan 4, 2004, 09:26 AM
 
Originally posted by jasong:
Can't download it, any chance you could serve from an ftp site?

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Jan 4, 2004, 10:26 AM
 
Cool, thanks. Their site gives a different DL location that seems overwhelmed now.

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Jan 4, 2004, 10:29 AM
 
Great idea. As data becomes available we can manipulate it with no restraints. Wow! Watching the landing last night was something else- felt like I did watching Neil Armstrong on that Sunday night.

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Jan 4, 2004, 03:39 PM
 
What exactly does this software do? Also, when/where do i get the required data to run it?
     
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Jan 4, 2004, 03:55 PM
 
Originally posted by allap:
What exactly does this software do?
It lets you hijack the uplink to the Mars rovers and control them yourself!!1

See a crater you'd like to explore? DO IT

See a sweet rock you wanna check out? DO IT

See an extremely sharp cliff you'd like to press you luck with by rovering dangerously close to the edge? DO IT



j/k, i have no idea what it does

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