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Great article, but IMO it missed one of the most important bugs of all, the one with the Hubble Telescope and its mirror
by danburgo 11y ago
Great article, but IMO it missed one of the most important bugs of all, the one with the Hubble Telescope and its mirror
- OopsCriticality 11y agoHow does that qualify as a software bug? Perkin-Elmer's custom null corrector was misaligned so the mirror was figured into the wrong shape. Edit: if anything, it was an organizational failure—PE chose to ignore other measurements that showed the mirror was the wrong shape. http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19910003124.pdf http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/1991000...