For those interested in software issues in aerospace, you might want to listen to Episode 100 of Software Engineering Radio: http://www.se-radio.net/podcast/200

For those interested in software issues in aerospace, you might want to listen to Episode 100 of Software Engineering Radio: http://www.se-radio.net/podcast/2008-06/episode-100-software-space http://www.se-radio.net/podcast/2008-06/episode-100-software... It features an extensive interview with a guy from DLR, the German equivalent of NASA. They talk at length about culture (freedom to fail), practices (extensive re-use), and ballpark performance metrics (on the order of < 10 LOC per programmer per day).