On 19/03/2011 06:27, John Fabiani wrote: > Hi, > As a proud Dad I'd like to thank my son for the work he did as part of the > software team that wrote the software that MESSENGER uses. > > The reason this is a bit special for me is that Messengers brain in the > Command and Data handling is running software my son worked on at Windriver. > > > http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/spacecraft/command.html > > > The command and data module runs four "radiation hardened" "RAD6K" (RAD6000) > PowerPC microprossors. Each runs VxWorks 5.3.1. These ones are particularly > fast at 25MHz. If you know modern processors, this is not so fast, but hey, > these chips don't flip bits when gamma rays bombard it. > > > Anyway "Software in Space!" Cool, no? > > BTW my son also worked on the software for the "PATH FINDER" on Mars! > > Johnf > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > ---
Congratulations both of you!!! I am glad to read this. Thanks for sharing. Kind regards Bhavbhuti _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected]
