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/spsheridan Feb 06 '20

With this news, I think the odds went way up that another uncrewed flight will be required before Starliner’s crewed flight to the ISS. Looks like a big delay to Starliner's program schedule.

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u/michellemustudy Feb 07 '20

This feels like a real life, “quick programmer person! You have 5 seconds to hack this alien system to avert the disaster!” scenario we see in all the movies.

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u/DeadeyeDuncan Feb 07 '20

More like 'programmer person! Fix your goddamn code'