From: "Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@no-sp-am.btopenworld.com>
Subject: Fw: NASA Kills 'Wounded' Launch System Upgrade at KSC
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 21:13:03 +0000 (UTC)
Date: 2002-09-18T21:13:03+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <amaq8v$r3c$1@knossos.btinternet.com> (raw)
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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2002-09-18 21:13 Martin Dowie [this message]
2002-09-18 22:26 ` Fw: NASA Kills 'Wounded' Launch System Upgrade at KSC Larry Kilgallen
2002-09-18 21:31 ` Martin Dowie
2002-09-19 2:00 ` Jerry Petrey
2002-09-19 9:29 ` Preben Randhol
2002-09-19 12:15 ` Marin David Condic
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