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Michael Oswald wrote:
> jhc0033@gmail.com wrote:
> 
>> They did use Ada widely
>> before, and they even programmed some of their probes in Lisp. 
> 
> Do you have some information on that? I mean, I work in the space 
> business (although not directly on on-board software but rather mission 
> control software and testing equipment) but I haven't heard of Lisp 
> usage. Would definitely be a 'nice to know' for me.

NASA's Deep Space 1