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STAR (Self-Testing And Repairing computer)
A device originally designed for use on the planned Grand
Tour spacecraft (which eventually evolved into Voyager). STAR was an
early scheme for an autonomous computer system that could locate, diagnose,
and repair faults. It was designed to use special programs to locate faults
and carry out maintenance on almost every subsystem in the spacecraft. Related entry
• self-repairing spacecraft
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