What a great story. Quite heartening to find out about Zotterelli's accomplishments, after all, he started working on Voyager when he was 42. Goes to show, "s

What a great story. Quite heartening to find out about Zotterelli's accomplishments, after all, he started working on Voyager when he was 42. Goes to show, "senior" engineers are very capable of making noteworthy contributions. (In reflection of a recent HN thread about ageism in software industry.) The article also points out the extreme importance of documentation, because we never know what systems will still be running, or programs still in use 40 years in the future. It's truly terribly wrong to "take secrets to the grave", knowledge should be shared, we all have a stake in it. I fervently wish Voyager's secrets are recorded while there's still a chance, it's too important to just let it die.