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Topic: Computer Date Glitch May Limit Next Shuttle Launch
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mikej
Member Posts: 481
From: Germantown, WI USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 11-07-2006 07:51 AM
   
Saw this over on slashdot: quote:
The problem, according to Hale, is that the shuttle's computers do not reset to day one, as ground-based systems that support shuttle navigation do. Instead, after December 31, the 365th day of the year, shuttle computers figure January 1 is just day 366.
Fu ll story.[Edited by mikej (November 07, 2006).] |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 11-07-2006 09:08 AM
The title of this thread made me think that NASA was using a computer dating service now.  |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 2915
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 11-07-2006 10:32 AM
NASA is now thinking about possibly launching STS-116/Discovery a day earlier on Dec. 6, 2006. More info should be available later today. [Edited by Ken Havekotte (November 07, 2006).] |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-07-2006 10:39 AM
And if they cannot launch in December, the window for STS-116 is expected to reopen on January 14. | |
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