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Different problems continue to pop up late in the game, as NASA embarks on its next three Space Shuttle missions to the International Space Station. None of them should constitute a "show stopper," says NASA. But even optimists admit the development of space station software has been difficult. Hundreds of software glitches have cropped up, so much so that pessimists believe delaying the NASA missions should be considered.
Ex-NASA mission control specialist James Oberg outlines the problems, which include electric power shortages, an electric shock hazard for space-walking astronauts, and degradation of optical fiber data lines, and he describes the workarounds being planned.
Contact: James Oberg, 281 337 2838, [email protected]; Alfred Rosenblatt, 212 419 7550, [email protected].For faxed copies of the complete article ["NASA's big push for the space station," by James Oberg, Contributing Editor, IEEE Spectrum, November 2000, pp. 49-54] or to arrange an interview, contact: Nancy T. Hantman, 212 419 7561, [email protected].
URL: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org
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