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		jonknee on May 26, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA - Phoenix has landed I would be shocked if the actual rovers used Java. Perhaps Java is used in the tools used to control them (that send the signals), but not the little guys themselves.

dcminter on May 26, 2008 [–]

Yep:

"The places where NASA scientists have used Java for this mission is all on the ground side right now."

http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/features/mars.html

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