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Re:Software error doomed Japanese Hitomi spacecraft by ww520 on Saturday April 30, 2016 @06:37PM (#11603949)
Isn't there a parallel simulator on the ground to try out the commands to see the effect before hand?
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Re:Software error doomed Japanese Hitomi spacecraft by rtkwe on Saturday April 30, 2016 @10:39PM (#11604611)
> The improper command had been uploaded to the satellite weeks earlier without proper testing

All the available testing programs in the world doesn't matter if the tests aren't run.

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