Design, development, integration: space shuttle primary flight software system

  • Authors:
  • William A. Madden;Kyle Y. Rone

  • Affiliations:
  • IBM, Federal Systems Division, Houston, TX;IBM, Federal Systems Division, Houston, TX

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1984

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Abstract

The development of Space Shuttle software posed unique requirements above and beyond raw size (30 times larger than Saturn V software), complexity, and criticality.