Starliner makes a safe landing–now NASA faces some big decisions

Posted by benjaminl on Sunday December 22, 2019 @10:35PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/12/starliner-makes-a-safe-landing-now-nasa-faces-some-big-decisions/

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Re:Starliner makes a safe landing–now NASA faces some big de... by jomoio on Monday December 23, 2019 @02:06AM (#21861973)

Different divisions, I'm sure, but I'm leaning towards "don't take Boeing's word for anything," given recent events.

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Re:Starliner makes a safe landing–now NASA faces some big de... by zengid on Sunday December 22, 2019 @11:03PM (#21861406)

I'm really curious to know more about the bug that caused this, and whether it could have been prevented with modern tooling (or languages), or if it was just an unfortunate circumstance.

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Re:Starliner makes a safe landing–now NASA faces some big de... by deeblering4 on Sunday December 22, 2019 @11:47PM (#21861535)

Yeah the aircraft probably just needs improved CI and a phased migration to rust.

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