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I can't help but think of Ariane V and its famous launch failure due to a programming error. I hope Ariane RISC-V fares better. ;) (Ok, the rocket platform has
by Ndymium 6y ago
I can't help but think of Ariane V and its famous launch failure due to a programming error. I hope Ariane RISC-V fares better. ;) (Ok, the rocket platform has been reliable since 2003, but that ruins the joke.)
- MaxBarraclough 6y agoWas going to say the same. I learnt of the Ariane 5 explosion in a class on critical-systems software development. The out-of-range error that cost $0.5bn. A summary of the failure: https://www-users.math.umn.edu/~arnold/disasters/ariane.html https://www-users.math.umn.edu/~arnold/disasters/ariane.html
- ncmncm 6y agoIt wasn't even the out-of-range value that caused the failure--that would have been fine. The failure was caused by trapping the error, and dumping debug data onto the realtime control bus.
- Symmetry 6y agoGetting two explosions in the first 20 launches is par for the course in making a new rocket. :)