EE Times - The trouble with Rover is revealed
"The trouble with Rover is revealed
SAN MATEO, Calif. — When the Mars rover Spirit went dark on Jan.21 a Jet Propulsion Laboratory team undertook to reprogram the craft's computer only to find themselves introducing an unpredictable sequences of events.
The trouble with the Mars rover Spirit started much earlier in the mission than the day the craft stopped communicating with ground controllers..."
Nice detailed article about what really happened with Rover. Something to remember when someone complains about remote debugging... :)
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