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There are only three deadly incidents to choose from, thankfully, and it happens they were caused by other kinds of (presumably licensed) engineers. Software in
by thatjoeoverthr 5y ago
There are only three deadly incidents to choose from, thankfully, and it happens they were caused by other kinds of (presumably licensed) engineers. Software incidents include a flight computer failure during the landing of Apollo 11. Another incident caused reset of their navigation computer, requiring them to recalibrate it using a tangible sextant. If we go a little beyond literal NASA, it’s not hard to find computer failures. Aside from the infamous 737 Max, we have the loss of a B-2 on takeoff, which costs the same as a space shuttle. (Thankfully the pilots ejected.) Then the famous story of the Patriot missiles’ first deployment. If I actually Google this, will I find no more?
- jakubmazanec 5y ago> Software incidents include a flight computer failure during the landing of Apollo 11. How did flight computer fail during Apollo 11 landing? If you mean guidance computer and famous 1201 and 1202 errors, those were not failures, but were caused by hardware bug they left unsolved on purpose.
- Apocryphon 5y agoIf we're just talking about aerospace at this point, hasn't the F-35 flight software been notoriously buggy