Sandisk industrial grade CF cards ?

[Olegis]

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0411/04111002sandisk_highcapindcards.asp

Aren't there already the Extreme series cards that should take care of the extended temperature range, high endurance and speeds ?

[Persian-Rice]

Aren't there already the Extreme series cards that should take care of the extended temperature range, high endurance and speeds ?
Obviously not.

[FlipsidE]

8GB? SHEESH!

FlipsidE

[scottbergerphoto]

"The industrial grade CF and PC cards offer extended temperature ranges, extreme endurance, an MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) of 3 million hours, extended shock and vibration resistance, complete serialization and traceability, and a seven-year warranty. The standard grade cards offer a competitively priced product with high endurance and 1 million hours of MTBF."

[Jesper]

Those are the kinds of CF cards that you'd want to put in things like the Mars rovers (Spirit and Opportunity)......

I remember reading that the Mars rovers both have 256 MB of flash memory on board. Harddisks wouldn't work, they'd be much too prone to mechanical problems and don't work when there's no air pressure.