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I'd like to hear how the code of the new commercial space companies, like SpaceX, compares.
by imd 17y ago
I'd like to hear how the code of the new commercial space companies, like SpaceX, compares.
- kjhgfvgbjnm 17y agoThey use the same industrial computers ands real-time OSs that modern airliners use, and which Nasa uses on more modern kit. The shuttle software isn't necessarily a good engineering solution.Spending the same time/effort/budget on a more critical part might have saved some of the shuttle failures. If you think of it in aircraft terms, is it better to spend $ making the avionics software 99.9999% reliable rather than 99.999% or is it better to fit smoke hoods/more exits/better weather radar etc.
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