6 ms·
A docking system has many, many moving parts under significant stress, and not all of them are tested under the assumption that arbitrary software could drive t
by btown 2y ago
A docking system has many, many moving parts under significant stress, and not all of them are tested under the assumption that arbitrary software could drive their positions/torques beyond assumed limits. You can’t factory-reset metal fatigue after it has happened. It’s quite reasonable for NASA to say “this OTA update has to be tested and QA’d to the most rigorous standards.”
- eschneider 2y agoAbsolutely. But I don't believe that's the 'bricking' they referred to.
- verdverm 2y agoMy understanding is that Boeing wants to ship a software update that removes the automated undocking software as part of that update. They could similarly ship another update that restores it. Therein, this is clickbait content