[rescue] Re: [geeks] Crap! Not again...

[Michael Free]

My theory is, maybe the software worked *too* well... it kept the shuttle
flying perfectly straight with no warning of anything untowards going wrong
until the point where it came apart.

Mike Free

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan Skoglund" <stetson at ebox.tninet.se>
To: "The Rescue List" <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: [rescue] Re: [geeks] Crap! Not again...


> ed at the7thbeer.com wrote:
>
> >Got me to wondering if maybe the computer(s) screwed up and the bird came
> >in too hot.  Not that computers ever make mistakes, but poorly coded
> >software will.  And what an amazing way to sabotage something as complex
> >as the shuttle.  Change a decimal place in some code, wait till it gets
> >loaded and let it do the rest.
> >
>
> How ? It would entail paying off a number of techs in NASA and or the
> contractors
> to insert that little bit of bug, and i don't think that changes could
> be inserted that easily
> in the sw today.
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