NASA Uses Node.js in Space Suits – Director of Software Engineering Confirms

https://twitter.com/CollinEstes/status/738767017843515393

by lindstorm • 10 years ago

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danso• 10 years ago

Important addendum: Node is not for real-time safety-critical systems https://mobile.twitter.com/d4rw1n1s7/status/7430105947862507...

wampler• 10 years ago

"Not in the way you are probably thinking, but used for ground ops leading to spacewalks, checks and balances obv" - Collin Estes

s_q_b• 10 years ago

There's a whole bunch of space system support software that isn't hard scientific code (which is handled by a totally different team), but rather for specific management-related tasks. This code is written in all the web technologies and frameworks one would expect.

Edit: I'm wondering about the downvotes, since I've actually written such software.

udkl• 10 years ago

lol, someone commented : "A NASA investigation into the death reports that the astronaut was killed by a leak -- not oxygen, but memory."

BrutallyHonest• 10 years ago

Why would NASA somehow be invincible to hype?

TechNewb6• 10 years ago

Reverse hype is hype. Node is a high level language that is quite good. It might not be as fast as go or c, but it doesn't need to be to be useful. Don't blame the langue, blame the programmer.

Matthias247• 10 years ago

Node is not a language

textmode• 10 years ago

"Don't blame the langue, blame the programmer."

Would you mind repeating this the next time HN front page contains more stories and comments (hype?) about how C language is the cause for poor software quality?

kenOfYugen• 10 years ago

Presentation at EnterpriseJS Austin:

Spacesuits and Node.js - How open source will change NASA

https://vimeo.com/168064722

awinder• 10 years ago

So now we update the saying to "JavaScript is eating the universe", right?

auganov• 10 years ago

Made me think of Lisp at JPL, one of my favourite software-dev history stories. http://www.flownet.com/gat/jpl-lisp.html

wereHamster• 10 years ago

Misleading title

Just to be clear Node.js does not run IN a spacesuit. It does however support spacesuit operations, processing, logistics, etc...

(source: https://twitter.com/CollinEstes/status/741994459349417984)

tacos• 10 years ago

It's always nice to feel appreciated, but the validation-seeking pile-on in that Twitter thread is a little awkward.

Reward yourself with a cookie then go read your Github Issues tab, guys...

eggy• 10 years ago

Forth code ran on the Rosetta lander's space qualified, radiation hardened, 16-bit Harris RTX2010 processor. The OS could even be changed via the radio link by writing new code to EEPROM [1].

Let Node try that ;) On second thought...

[1] http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/2003ESASP.532E..72B...

NASA Uses Node.js in Space Suits – Director of Software Engineering Confirms

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