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Fun fact the Hubble space telescope and now the James Webb uses NeXT computers to calibrate some of the instruments on the ground. Possibly even to test out con
by spitfire 4y ago
Fun fact the Hubble space telescope and now the James Webb uses NeXT computers to calibrate some of the instruments on the ground. Possibly even to test out configuration changes.
In particular they’re used for the Aberrated Beam Analyser. The ABA has been used to verify the optical performance of many
different science instruments.
- perihelions 4y agoI believe the scheduling planner is written in Common Lisp also. edit: It's derived from the one written for Hubble, https://franz.com/success/customer_apps/scheduling/sti.lhtml https://franz.com/success/customer_apps/scheduling/sti.lhtml ("Spike: Hubble Telescope Scheduling System")
- curling_grad 4y agoThis reminds me of this article: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01431-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01431-y