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Moon landing 1969: 4 KB RAM for the guidance computer is enough. Moon landing 2026: Two instances of MS Outlook sort of started themselves on the guidance comp
by xg15 7mo ago
Moon landing 1969: 4 KB RAM for the guidance computer is enough.
Moon landing 2026: Two instances of MS Outlook sort of started themselves on the guidance computer and we have no idea why.
- ertian 7mo ago1969: Every line of assembly code has been coded according to rigorous standards and vetted and reviewed by a panel of experts. 2026: lol we just realized there's a few million lines of extra code running but we can't figure out why
- testfrequency 7mo agoWhat could go wrong!
- doug_durham 7mo ago1969: Every bit of every line of assembly manually woven into core rope memory by highly skilled technicians. 2026: We filled up our 2 TB flash. How do we get another?
- flysand7 7mo ago1969: Our toilets suck, better be miticulous and careful with waste 2026: Too much shit, we need to design new toilets
- undersuit 7mo agoThe Apollo missions used a disposable bag you taped to your butt.
- oxag3n 7mo agoHow come all hiking and road disposable bags don't have the tape.
- randallsquared 7mo agoBecause hiking is usually done under gravity.
- Brybry 7mo ago"Give me a napkin quick. There's a turd floating through the air" - Tom Stafford, Apollo 10 Commander (1969) [1] "I used to want to be the first man to Mars. This has convinced me that, if we got to go on Apollo, I ain't interested" - Ken Mattingly, Apollo 16 Pilot (1972) [2] [1] https://www.vox.com/2015/5/26/8646675/apollo-10-turd-poop https://www.vox.com/2015/5/26/8646675/apollo-10-turd-poop [2] https://apollojournals.org/afj/ap16fj/24_Day9_Pt1.html#:~:text=I%20used%20to%20want%20to%20be%20the%20first%20man%20to%20Mars https://apollojournals.org/afj/ap16fj/24_Day9_Pt1.html#:~:te...
- sheepscreek 7mo ago…and we managed to do this without AI!
- MarsIronPI 7mo agobut... but... mandatory AI quota!
- scorpionfeet 7mo agoCan you instead compare the mission critical code of Artemis instead of the email client? How many KB is the flight controller?
- thephyber 7mo agoYour parent’s comment was a joke and you’re replying as if it went over your head.
- whalesalad 7mo agoGenuinely shocking that the guidance computer would be running Windows at all. "... preparing for re-entry, adjusting azimuth, ... APPLY UPDATES AND REBOOT? APPLY UPDATES AND SHUT DOWN? QUEEN? UPDATES?"
- BuyMyBitcoins 7mo agoMicrosoft said something about a Copilot…
- voxleone 7mo agoWe went from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Power of Ten rules to ‘have you tried restarting Microsoft Outlook?’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_10:_Rules_for_Developing_Safety-Critical_Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_10:_Rules_for_Dev...
- mulmen 7mo agoRestart which one?!
- JumpCrisscross 7mo ago> on the guidance computer Source for this running on the GN&C (guidance and nav) computer? Isn’t that built by the ESA?
- xg15 7mo agoAh, good point. The tweet just mentioned the "Artemis computer", but according to https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/artemis-ii-astronaut-finds-two-outlook-instances-running-on-computers-call-on-houston-to-fix-microsoft-anomaly-puzzled-caller-describes-two-outlooks-and-neither-one-of-those-are-working https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/artem... it's a separate system and not navigation.
- thebruce87m 7mo agoESA? I wonder if the OS will have to confirm that the users are over 18.
- zombot 7mo agoWas the OS vibe-coded?