The hardware dudes have it harder than software dudes. It’s easy to fix software. Hardware, not so much.

I guess the worst thing you can fuck up in space fairing software is the boot loader. Mess that up and you can’t update the software.

Note: I have never designed software for space. I have no clue what I’m talking about.

>>"I have no clue what I’m talking about. "

Nobody told me we have to specify that! I thought that was the default and we only have to say when we are experts in something!

Now I have to delete all my posts.

It's fine, pretending you're an expert on anything is the standard around here.

That's why you always have an independent backup system. One that uses different software, developed by a different team, using different languages, and different algorithms.

I thought one of the Viking landers was lost when a software update pointed the big antenna at Mars rather than at Earth... hard to send software updates after that.

That's an easy fix; just put a repeater on Mars...

We've got one of those.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter

I mean, it really was a hardware problem. However, the software guys were not pointing any fingers.

Hubble is a great example of just working the problem.