On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 8:40 AM, Charles Curley < [email protected]> wrote:
> Fortran, assembly programmers ... NASA needs you – for Voyager > > Ancient code jocks needed to keep probe alive > > With its last generation of space-race engineers hanging up their > slide-rules, NASA is looking for someone fluent in Fortran and other > Cold War-era languages. > > In an interview with Popular Mechanics, the manager of NASA's Voyager > program Suzanne Dodd said the retirement of the last original crew > member has left the space agency with a shortage of people capable of > communicating with the 40-year-old craft. > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/31/brush_up_on_your_fortran/ > > For those thinking about adding to their skills. > > My only Fortran was in college. But to work at NASA could be cool. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
