Comment by xg15
14 days ago
Moon landing 1969: 4 KB RAM for the guidance computer is enough.
Moon landing 2026: Two instances of MS Outlook sort of started themselves on the guidance computer and we have no idea why.
14 days ago
Moon landing 1969: 4 KB RAM for the guidance computer is enough.
Moon landing 2026: Two instances of MS Outlook sort of started themselves on the guidance computer and we have no idea why.
1969: Every line of assembly code has been coded according to rigorous standards and vetted and reviewed by a panel of experts.
2026: lol we just realized there's a few million lines of extra code running but we can't figure out why
1969: Every bit of every line of assembly manually woven into core rope memory by highly skilled technicians.
2026: We filled up our 2 TB flash. How do we get another?
1969: Our toilets suck, better be miticulous and careful with waste
2026: Too much shit, we need to design new toilets
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What could go wrong!
We went from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Power of Ten rules to ‘have you tried restarting Microsoft Outlook?’
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_10:_Rules_for_Dev...
Restart which one?!
Genuinely shocking that the guidance computer would be running Windows at all.
"... preparing for re-entry, adjusting azimuth, ... APPLY UPDATES AND REBOOT? APPLY UPDATES AND SHUT DOWN? QUEEN? UPDATES?"
Microsoft said something about a Copilot…
Can you instead compare the mission critical code of Artemis instead of the email client?
How many KB is the flight controller?
Your parent’s comment was a joke and you’re replying as if it went over your head.
> on the guidance computer
Source for this running on the GN&C (guidance and nav) computer? Isn’t that built by the ESA?
Ah, good point. The tweet just mentioned the "Artemis computer", but according to https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/artem... it's a separate system and not navigation.
ESA? I wonder if the OS will have to confirm that the users are over 18.
…and we managed to do this without AI!
but... but... mandatory AI quota!
Was the OS vibe-coded?