Re: Fw: NASA Kills 'Wounded' Launch System Upgrade at KSC

[Jerry Petrey <"jdpetrey<NOSPAM>"@raytheon.com>]

This is not the first time they have done this.  I worked for a company in the

early 90's that was doing an upgrade of the KSC launch control system but
they killed it also after discovering that the company was ripping them off.
It was in Ada too.  I was forced to be a whistle blower on that project
when I was told to lie to the customer (NASA).

Jerry
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-- Jerry Petrey
-- Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Navigation (GPS/INS), Guidance, &
Control
-- Raytheon Missile Systems          - Member Team Ada & Team Forth
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Martin Dowie wrote:

> Spotted this in comp.software-eng...
>
> > "CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Five years behind schedule and expected to go
> > $300 million over budget, Kennedy Space Center's plan to upgrade its
> > 1970s-era launch computers is now another example that NASA
> > Administrator Sean O'Keefe is not bluffing about financial
> > accountability.
> >
> > NASA killed the Checkout Launch and Control System project Tuesday,
> > citing missed deadlines and bloated spending. Despite all of the extra
> > time and money, an independent review by NASA headquarters found the
> > project would fall far short of its promised cost savings."
> >
> > See full story at
> > http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/fl_clcs_020918.html
>
> Anyone know anything about this? All I can find is a pre-project press
> release
> (http://www.visible.com.au/cnfman/press/pr_nasa.htm) stating that:
> "Engineering will be using OO techniques, C, C++, and Java"
>
> If true then there is surely some ammo for Adaphiles here?
>
> "Revenge is a dish... etc" :-)

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-- Jerry Petrey
-- Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Navigation (GPS/INS), Guidance, &
Control
-- Raytheon Missile Systems          - Member Team Ada & Team Forth
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