New Horizons Pluto Mission: A Tour De Force of Rocketry, Technology

rk wrote in
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Nice summary article.

Mongoose V microprocessor?

http://www.synova.com/proc/mg5.html

Cool microprocessor, literally. Compare it to a
Pentium Extreme Edition, but considering the miniscule
power budget, it's a necessary choice.

Hopefully the extended mission past Pluto will keep
returning significant science for the next 20 years.
It's got a fairly decent science platform.

--Damon, who is reminded of his old Color Computer