'Extreme Programming' Controls Phoenix Mars Lander 119
pbd points out a story discussing the challenges faced by NASA engineers in designing the code sent to operate the Phoenix Mars Lander. Quoting Computerworld:
"On Wednesday, engineers sent up the code to run an actual analysis, but a satellite orbiting Mars, which transfers the data down to the Lander, was offline. Robinson explained that the satellite had been hit with radiation, knocking it into safe mode. 'Space is a harsh environment, and sometimes they just go into safe mode,' he noted. 'It's a minor problem. [The satellite] aborts whatever it was doing and waits for future commanding.' Engineers successfully resent the code on Thursday."
Re:That's coolness (Score:0, Funny)
Re:No mention of Extreme Programming (Score:3, Funny)
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Units? (Score:2, Funny)
Call me a pragmatist... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Resent code? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Um what (Score:5, Funny)
I hope they mean... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:That's coolness (Score:5, Funny)
Just where the hell do you think Mars is??
Re:That's coolness (Score:5, Funny)
I think that would mean that RMS owns Mars.
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Re:Call me a pragmatist... (Score:1, Funny)
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Obligatory PA reference...x2 (Score:3, Funny)
Mars [google.com] is roughly 3715 [indo.com] miles from me, as the deepcrow [penny-arcade.com] flies.