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It might be their fault, but everyone who worked on that project in software were the pioneers at the time. So they didn't have the processes or knowledge to e
by spoiledtechie 11y ago
It might be their fault, but everyone who worked on that project in software were the pioneers at the time. So they didn't have the processes or knowledge to even know to document things.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoThey weren't babes in the woods - processes existed even 'way back then'. They were a government project for heaven's sake! Other departments documented every iota of information about their projects (military, aeronatics, intelligence and on and on). Its amazing NASA got away with this crap for so long. I have no idea why.
- mturmon 11y ago"Its amazing NASA got away with this crap for so long." This is unfair. The popular article we're talking about is trying to dramatize a milestone, but it does not say that his retirement threatens the spacecraft. It's being managed by training someone new. When you retire after many years of service, people will make laudatory comments, say you will be hard to replace (which will be true), and then move on. Incidentally, I believe he's not fully retired, because he's still listed in the employee directory here. Maybe it's set for the current work week, which for him, ends Friday.