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Mike Wehner
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NASA's new Perseverance rover has been on Mars for less than two weeks, but science fans are already chomping at the bit for any news they can get related to the mission. What will the new rover find? Will it be able to detect ancient organic compounds or possibly even signs of long-dead life forms? Did Martians really exist in some form? We might eventually get those answered, but not yet.
In the meantime, we're learning more and more about the rover itself. We already knew a lot about its instruments and various components, like its nuclear power supply, but some interesting tidbits seem to have fallen through the cracks... until now, that is. In a new article by NewScientist, we are treated to one of the more mind-boggling factoids about the rover: It's powered by the same kind of chip that Apple used in iMacs from the PowerPC era.
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NASA’s new Mars rover is powered by a decades-old Mac chip originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 2 Mar 2021 at 23:21:51 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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