> I got lost recently in how the Shuttle software was managed, mostly through IBM mainframes, and z/OSs facilities for all the above. I'm curious how modern development looks in comparison.
Do you have any references for this? I also recently went down a research rabbit hole of the history of computing on Earth and in space - super interesting stuff. And the parallels are quite obvious when you look at it.
> And the parallels are quite obvious when you look at it.
The insane level of detail and strategy when writing the shuttle software is something to behold. The testing laboratory SAIL was a full scale orbiter that actually flew test missions. "Day of use I-Loads" are one of my favorite things. They couldn't change the software load, but they could move some constants around before launch, really useful for feeding wind data into the shuttle before it launched.
Do you have any references for this? I also recently went down a research rabbit hole of the history of computing on Earth and in space - super interesting stuff. And the parallels are quite obvious when you look at it.