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From: "Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@no-sp-am.btopenworld.com>
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Subject: Fw: NASA Kills 'Wounded' Launch System Upgrade at KSC
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 21:13:03 +0000 (UTC)
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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" :-)