Re: [twuug] Space Shuttle Columbia blows up on reentry!

["Anthony VanCampen" <anthony.vancampen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

    I got a call from my sister in-law, who wanted to know if it was
possible to reprogram the flight control computers on the shuttle.  My
recollection is that there are three independent computers running the same
program and that they are dedicated to the flight management tasks.  I old
her that anything was possible, but that I didn't think that it was likely
    Does any one know what OS the flight comp(s) use?  My guess is that it
is an embeded OS with a very limited set of functions?

Tony


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