Spaceflight, from the beginning, has depended on computers – both on the ground and in the spacecraft. SpaceX has carried it to a new level. We recently spoke with Steven Gerding, Dragon’s software development lead, about the special challenges software development has for SpaceX's many missions. The post Don’t push that button: Exploring the software that flies SpaceX rocketships appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.
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