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There's something really annoying about the IG saying that NASA lost "the algorithms used to command and control the ISS" (emphasis mine). I understand that the
by kylemaxwell 15y ago
There's something really annoying about the IG saying that NASA lost "the algorithms used to command and control the ISS" (emphasis mine). I understand that the laptop could have contained authentication information, including credentials, code, and/or documentation. But this seems oddly specific in a totally unintuitive and non-informative way.
Which, come to think of it, might have been the goal in his Congressional testimony, but really: this doesn't really say much useful about the incident.
- jonnycowboy 15y agoYes these aren't the codes similar to nuke launch codes but rather algorithms, and software that provide a method of controlling the ISS' attitude. You'd still need an access code (presumably and hopefully not on the laptop) to be able to control it.
- seclorum 15y agoThere's a big algorithm involved in commanding and controlling the Space Station .. fire your rockets one way, the station ends up somewhere else in orbit, and so on .. so I'd say this is quite an accurate report, actually, since the stolen laptop had the algorithm onboard to calculate when and where to fire boosters to attain certain orbits, and so on.
- batista 15y agoThere's a big algorithm involved in commanding and controlling the Space Station Well, that's more of a procedure (with the military sense) than an algorithm with the modern math/programming meaning. (We do use procedures in the above sense, e.g the steps to a cooking recipy, as an analogy to algorithms in introductory books, though)