[HN Gopher] NASA's Mars Parachute Had a Hidden Code. Meet the Pe...
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       NASA's Mars Parachute Had a Hidden Code. Meet the People Who
       Cracked It
        
       Author : gumby
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2021-02-24 19:32 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | campac wrote:
       | Secret Parachute or the Sparachute
        
       | gumby wrote:
       | I thought it was a gray code to monitor lander rotation but it
       | was something a lot more interesting.
        
         | gizmo385 wrote:
         | I believe the purpose was two-fold. The primary purpose of the
         | pattern was for tracking the parachute deployment, but they
         | made the pattern a message as a bonus :)
        
       | vlod wrote:
       | Non paywall: https://archive.is/4RC7x
        
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