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Software Bug Causes Soyuz To Land Way Off

Posted by timothy on from the in-post-soviet-russia dept.

howhardcanitbetocrea writes "A mysterious software fault in the new guidance computer of the Soyuz TMA-1 spacecraft was the cause of the high-anxiety off-course landing over the weekend, according to NASA sources.' Which is why I will never trust the Strategic Defence Initiative - the star wars project. It only takes one line of mistyped code in what will always be a beta release."

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  1. Re:Mysterious? by eericson · · Score: 1, Troll

    So wait, (In response to Timbo's comment) You'll fly on a 777 or A320, trust your miltary w/ F-16s, and communicate using software guided Satellites, but you won't trust SDI because the software might be Buggy?

    WTF?

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  2. Re:AH HA! by benna · · Score: 0, Troll

    Nah it was probobly the added weight of the americans that threw it off course.

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  3. Security is a process, not a product. by Inoshiro · · Score: 0, Troll

    But if Bush goes mad, and he sends out the order, we're fucked.

    "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" says it all, really.

    Accidental activation won't happen, only willful malice and intent to kill will. Precisely the things which shouldn't have a system to activate in the first place.

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  4. Re:How did you bring SDI into this? by YetAnotherAnonymousC · · Score: 0, Troll

    Reminds me of those "space pens" that NASA spent a bunch of time to develop for the Apollo program. The big deal is that they work in a zero-gravity environment. The Russians... they just used pencils.
    (I originally read this long ago in The Straight Dope, but I'm too lazy to look up the story link)