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So what specific problem in NASA's development methodology do you think would be fixed by your favorite VCS? From the few references I've bothered to google th

• stcredzero 17y ago
  They also have a record of ignoring warnings of problems by engineers, and in the parts that launch the shuttle, ineffective motivation to achieve economies of scale. As in a lot of government projects, there's an incentive to bill expensively for things regarded as esoteric, hence a desire to keep things esoteric. My friend also told me about one control, which was something like a 10-key keypad, a commit button, and a nixie readout. It dated from Apollo. You'd send commands by dialing in alphanumeric codes. What was it like when they "updated" it to run on workstations? It was a 10-key keypad with a few other buttons, with an alphanumeric entry field. I don't necessarily want VCs running NASA. But it's for sure that there's some ossification in that government organization. Maybe it's time for private enterprise to step in?