Re: Voyager

From: Hector <"Hector">
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 02:01:50 +0100

----boundary-LibPST-iamunique-703623347_-_-
Content-type: text/plain

>It is more likely that direct assembly language of some >sort was used

Well. It sounds sensible. I had also thought about the possibility of the
assember language, or even an own language for programming these kind of
"devices" (the probes, I mean), but what I've heard is that it was
programmed in Fortran. A teacher told us about the problem of the probe, and
afterwards, google told me the same.

And another fact is that trying to program such a complicated device as an
spacecraft in the ugly assembler, could be horrible. I mean, with the
assembly language, you can use your resources very well, but it's nearly
mission: impossible to make a program to control a probe in assembler. I
don't know, perhaps some parts of the program were made in Fortran and
others in assembler... I don't know. Anyway, I'm very thankful to all
people who tell me things about spacecraft and these things.
:-)

Regards, Héctor.


--------------------------------------------

To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message containing the word "unsubscribe" to:
   blackbox-request{([at]})nowhere.xy

To get a list of valid e-mail commands and instructions on their usage, send a message containing the word "help" to the above address.

Send any problem reports or questions related to this email list to the list owner at
   owner-blackbox{([at]})nowhere.xy

Current posting policy:

a) To post you should use the same address by which you are subscribed to the mailing list. That way, the list server will recognize you as subscriber and forward your posting immediately, without creating any overhead.

b) If, for some reason, you cannot post from the address, by which you are subscribed, your message will be moderated to avoid spam. Please understand that moderation will often cause some delay, in particular over weekends or holydays.



----boundary-LibPST-iamunique-703623347_-_-
Content-type: application/rtf
Content-transfer-encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="rtf-body.rtf"
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=


----boundary-LibPST-iamunique-703623347_-_---
Received on Mon Mar 01 2004 - 02:01:50 UTC