An Assessment of Space Shuttle Flight Software Development Processes

by National Research Council, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Committee for Review of Oversight Mechan, et al.

Effective software is essential to the success and safety of the Space Shuttle, including its crew and its payloads. The on-board software continually monitors and controls critical systems throughout a Space Shuttle flight. At NASA's request, the committee convened to review the agency's flight software development processes and to recommend a number of ways those processes could be improved.

This book, the result of the committee's study,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030904880X
• ISBN13: 9780309048804
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 10.9"