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Re:Nasa’s Mars Rover Opportunity Concludes a 15-Year Mission by HALtheWise on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @09:08PM (#19159084)
JPL wrote a fascinating reflection on what engineering practices allowed this to happen. For any of you who have not experienced the NASA Knowledge Gateway, I would recommend. https://llis.nasa.gov/lesson/1743
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Re:Nasa’s Mars Rover Opportunity Concludes a 15-Year Mission by fma on Thursday February 14, 2019 @07:15AM (#19161296)
Nice concise read. I think many lessons are well known but not acknowledged. For a high quality product...Test a lot, experienced people, do things in house.

Meanwhile software industry is... Ship to prod ASAP, hire junior devs to reach head count, outsource to overseas and contractors.

I realize the risks are different... But management gets pissed when software causes financial lost and wonder why.

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Re:Nasa’s Mars Rover Opportunity Concludes a 15-Year Mission by orzig on Thursday February 14, 2019 @07:49AM (#19161464)
One systemic problem is that the ownership and management of most companies shifts significantly over a 15 year time span, whereas the people designing a new NASA program know that they (or people that they care about) would be picking up the pieces if they are sloppy.

I wonder whether family owned companies are closer to NASA in their testing/hiring practices?

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