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

[Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 09:48:10PM -0500, Dave hamby wrote:

> Back in the mid-80's ACM Communications had a nice article on the  
> Shuttle Flight Software. My recollection was that everything was in 4  
> channels from sensor to actuator. IBM Federal Systems developed the  
> computers and flight software for the application. The idea was that if  
> a channel went bad, the happy machines would out-muscle the sick one  
> and the bird would fly correctly. My recollection is that the flight  
> software is customized for each mission.


There is a good FAQ out there with details on the shuttle computers.

I posted earlier from memory since I don't have the URL handy.

It's really a fascinating system.

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