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> Space Shuttle embedded controllers firmware Not the space shuttle, but if you think things that go to space (and land on the goddamned Moon) are free of bugs
by jperras 11y ago
> Space Shuttle embedded controllers firmware
Not the space shuttle, but if you think things that go to space (and land on the goddamned Moon) are free of bugs then you are very sorely mistaken.
https://www.netjeff.com/humor/item.cgi?file=ApolloComputer https://www.netjeff.com/humor/item.cgi?file=ApolloComputer
- troutwine 11y agoThe orbiter computer was also not bug free. Remarkably correct software, even so. http://klabs.org/DEI/Processor/shuttle/ http://klabs.org/DEI/Processor/shuttle/
- vacri 11y agoAt $job-2 doing agricultural telemetry, our firmware engineer found that one ISP's satellite was randomly dropping the last character in routed traffic. Took a little while for them to believe us, and that satellite had been up there for 30 years...