From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_50 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 26 Nov 91 17:48:09 GMT From: micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!wupost!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.g ov!freedom.msfc.nasa.gov!robichau@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (Paul Robichaux) Subject: Waivers: who gives them and why Message-ID: <1991Nov26.174809.7550@freedom.msfc.nasa.gov> List-Id: Here at Marshall, we are developing a workstation-based payload monitoring and control system for which draft requirements have already been written. Despite the NASA mandate which requires all new systems to be written in Ada (cf. all the Space Station code), we are planning this one in C. NASA tells us that a waiver has been applied for- in 1987- but is still pending. Despite a great deal of (uninformed) debate here, we haven't been able to find out if there's a central authority which rules on waivers, or, if not, who does so for NASA projects. Can anyone from SEI, the AJPO, or other NASA sites give up the good scoop? Wishing for Ada, -Paul -- -- Paul Robichaux | Disclaimer: NTI pays for my skills, not my robichau@freedom.msfc.nasa.gov | opinions. THINK BIG- life's too short to be small.