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This article is a classic, coming up on 20 years old, specifically about how differently the shuttle software team was from the dotcoms. http://www.fastcompany.
by kevinmchugh 12y ago
This article is a classic, coming up on 20 years old, specifically about how differently the shuttle software team was from the dotcoms. http://www.fastcompany.com/28121/they-write-right-stuff http://www.fastcompany.com/28121/they-write-right-stuff
No idea how relevant it is today, or any differences between the shuttle team and whoever's building/built the software for this lander, but it's definitely worth a read.
- kej 12y agoThere was a nice bit about the shuttle's computer systems in the Challenger appendix to Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman, too. As I recall, it was the only part of the shuttle process that Feynman thought was engineered correctly.