Mars Spirit Rover Hack

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Cotton Spandey

I know nothing about hacking, but how easy would it be for someone besides
me to hack into the Spirit on Mars and cause it to tip over?


"Please, send in every dollar you can to send George to Mars."
 
God! You have got to have a warped mind to even think of something like
that. Hopefully there are not too many like you!

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Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
 
Sounds like a whole lot of tun to me :-)

Kev

Richard Urban said:
God! You have got to have a warped mind to even think of something like
that. Hopefully there are not too many like you!

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
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I know nothing about hacking, but how easy would it be for someone besides
me to hack into the Spirit on Mars and cause it to tip over?
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And you would want to do this because??
 
Dat's Me said:
And you would want to do this because??
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It would make us Brits feel better about Beagle 2 being stuck on its
side at the bottom of a crater, or whatever it is they think has
happened to it. :-)

Andrew
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I am not a lawyer, nor am I SPEWS, nor do I speak for anyone other than
myself.
 
I know nothing about hacking, but how easy would it be for someone
besides me to hack into the Spirit on Mars and cause it to tip over?


"Please, send in every dollar you can to send George to Mars."
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Do you plan to write a song about it? If so, good luck. If not, why did you
crosspost this to a songwriting newsgroup?
 
It would make us Brits feel better about Beagle 2 being stuck on its
side at the bottom of a crater, or whatever it is they think has
happened to it. :-)
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Beagle got there on a ludicrously small budget, with impossible weight
limits and an impossibly short development time.

yes, the doggie appears to be dead, If NASA could do half as well as
Beagle did, there'd be less screaming about their budget.

....speaking of which, the latest announced plans pretty much kill
everything except manned missions. While I'd like to see those too,
there's a lot of good fundamental science about to be thrown out the
window for political ends.
 
And you would want to do this because??
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I have no interest in doing it, I just hope that NASA and JPL have
considered it and that it is very, very difficult.

But if you're talking about hacking, why go through ground networks?
Why not transmit directly to the Spirit from a ground antenna?
 
Beagle got there on a ludicrously small budget, with impossible weight
limits and an impossibly short development time.

yes, the doggie appears to be dead, If NASA could do half as well as
Beagle did, there'd be less screaming about their budget.
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They should lose three or 4 cheap units to improve their image?
 
Beagle got there on a ludicrously small budget, with impossible weight
limits and an impossibly short development time.
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"okay! the clouds parted! i see mars!

"get ready...

"FIRE!!"

seriously, though. the u.s. lost one over martian airspace, as well, no?
they're probably hanging out together on phobos, snickering, playing hearts
for windos, and downloading porn.
 
Richard Urban said:
God! You have got to have a warped mind to even think of something like
that. Hopefully there are not too many like you!

--
Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
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Wait for it about a week. I'll bet the tire tracks from space spell out RALSKY.

Thane
aka Woody Bonker
Not a Member of the Lumber Cartel
(TINLC)
 
No, they will hack it on mars and soon we will be getting spammed with:
"Beautiful martian women for you."

and

"My planet was taken over by moon creatures, and I have hidden, but I
need your help to get my gold off the planet."
 
Steven M (remove wax for reply) said:
But if you're talking about hacking, why go through ground networks?
Why not transmit directly to the Spirit from a ground antenna?
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Do you keep a 75-foot dish in your back yard? *
 
Very easy, break into JPL and take over the control of Spirit for a while.
Of cours you need some kind of guns, mask and a brown pants. (-:

JS
 
Paul Vader said:
Do you keep a 75-foot dish in your back yard? *
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Quite a few radio hams communicate via VHF/UHF signals using the moon as a
reflector. They also can just about detect signals from spacecraft en route
to Mars. Not sure about signals from the rovers, though. I'll bet some of
them will give it a try. Sally
 
I really don't think we have to worry about it. After all it's only a matter
of time before a Martian finds it. In a week or two it will be on some
Martians coffee table as a conversation pieces, just like the last two
projects that disappeared.
 
Szaki did pass the time by typing:
Very easy, break into JPL and take over the control of Spirit for a while.
Of cours you need some kind of guns, mask and a brown pants. (-:
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Nah.. just a stack of pizza. When everyone is in the conference
room stuffing their faces, lock the door and take over. :)
 
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