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NASA engineers reprogrammed Mars helicopter's Snapdragon chip to run the rover instead, reconfiguring system from 140 million miles away


The "ancient" Snapdragon 801 chip for mid-range smartphones is still powerful enough to give the rover accurate directions.

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