Bill, Exactly
On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 10:39 AM Bill Johnson < [email protected]> wrote: > The result of the perpetual drive to do everything faster and cheaper. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Friday, February 28, 2020, 10:24 AM, scott Ford <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Mike, > > Reminds me of this whole Agile process that’s being used. Incomplete > thinking, not like a lot of old timer Sysprogs, who had to think about , > installation, testing, implementation in production, impact on users and > backup. > > Boeing sounds piecemeal .. > > Scott > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 6:42 AM Ray Pearce <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Orlando Sentinel says: > > > > Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European > > countries. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at > options > > that support our full range of digital offerings to the EU market. We > > continue to identify technical compliance solutions that will provide all > > readers with our award-winning journalism. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Mike Schwab > > Sent: 28 February 2020 02:19 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: OT Boeing flight software > > > > > > > https://www.orlandosentinel.com/space/os-bz-boeing-safety-commercial-crew-20200226-bgvthodnjzgmlc36hsxcaopahu-story.html > > > > Boeing didn’t perform full end-to-end test of its astronaut capsule > > before troubled mission, ‘surprising’ NASA safety panel. > > > > Critically, the panel learned early this month that Boeing did not > > perform a full, end-to-end integrated test of Starliner in a Systems > > Integration Lab with ULA’s Atlas V rocket. The test typically shows > > how all the software systems during each component of the mission > > would have responded with each other through every maneuver — and it > > could potentially have caught the issues Boeing later experienced in > > the mission. > > > > “It’s pretty exhaustive. You gotta do that,” said Christopher Saindon, > > a former member who ended his tenure on the panel in mid-February. > > “That was somewhat surprising to us on the panel. There were certainly > > gaps in the test protocol.” > > > > > > It was software that ultimately did fail Boeing when it flew Starliner > > on a Dec. 20 mission intended to dock with the International Space > > Station. The capsule’s internal clock was 11 hours ahead, causing it > > to miss critical maneuvers and fly into the incorrect orbit. Then, > > communication issues potentially caused by cell towers in the area > > blocked Boeing from sending a command to rectify the orbit. Starliner, > > the company determined, wasn’t going to be able to reach the space > > station. > > > > But in the process of bringing it back down and re-checking its > > software, the company caught yet another issue that could have caused > > Starliner to collide with its service module when the two separated > > prior to the capsule’s return to Earth. Teams were able to correct the > > issue before to the capsule’s return on Dec. 22, but the multitude of > > problems have led NASA to call for a full re-verification of Boeing’s > > software — a process that will take analyzing about a million lines of > > code. > > > > Software issues are also plaguing another arm of Boeing, which is > > dealing with the fall out of problems with its 737 Max airplanes that > > led to the deaths of 346 people and has grounded the planes. > > > > > > -- > > Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA > > Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > -- > > This e-mail message has been scanned and cleared by Google Message > > Security > > and the UNICOM Global security systems. This message is for the named > > person's use only. 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