Comments on: SpaceX Moves to Resolve Software Issues

By: Paul451

Paul451 — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:06:52 +0000

Said the agency who couldn’t fly the shuttle in late December because its computers couldn’t cope with year-end-transition. A problem known since Apollo, and not fixed until 2007.

To be honest though, this looks more like “SpaceX’s procedures aren’t the same as our procedures” than an actual problem with safety. Ie, it’s part of the reason everything’s more expensive with NASA.

By: mordin

mordin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 06:19:41 +0000

‘there were no mistakes in the software.’
I am in shock. He should not say that… Software will always contains some mistakes irrespective of tests they done.

By: warshawski

warshawski — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:41:44 +0000

NASA the agencey that lost a probe because one part measured in feet and the other in meters is worried that software developed by people that made software to survive billions of transactions and countless hacking attempts.
I would trust SpaceX software before something out of NASA.

By: Doug Messier

Doug Messier — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:31:47 +0000

Good point, spacechampion.

By: spacechampion

spacechampion — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:50:52 +0000

The PayPal guy doesn’t know software? Those Silicon Valley types will never amount to anything!