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The Software Behind the Mars Phoenix Lander

By chromatic
July 9, 2008 | Comments: 23
The Software Behind the Mars Phoenix Lander
What kind of software does it take to send a 700+ pound device millions of miles away to land safely on another planet? Peter Gluck is the project software engineer for the Mars Phoenix lander mission. In this interview with O'Reilly News, he describes how rocket scientists write and manage code, and why you're not likely to see NASA's source code any time soon.

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