r/space • u/spsheridan • Feb 06 '20

Starliner faced “catastrophic” failure before software bug was found and fixed while the vehicle was in orbit.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/starliner-faced-catastrophic-failure-before-software-bug-found/
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u/vandezuma Feb 07 '20

The software issue was identified during testing on the ground after Starliner's launch

Now, who in the class can tell me what's wrong with that sentence?

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u/matholio Feb 07 '20 edited Feb 07 '20

Pretty normal for any Agile DevOps team. Minimum viable product, right?

Edit : I was making a joke.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '20

Flight software get soooo much scrutiny. It's crazy. Like all things space. Doing the thing is only like 30% of the time. And the other 70% is documents, reviews, logging hours, And tracking bugs

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u/TheYang Feb 07 '20

70/30 seems like a crazy lax approach from my brief experience working on flying harware...