Oopsie - International Space Station glitch
Computer software updates are not always a good thing. From the
D.C. CBS affiliate:
NASA Regains Space Station Contact After 3-Hour Outage
The International Space Station regained contact with NASA controllers in Houston after nearly three hours of accidental quiet, the space agency says.
Officials say the six crew members and station are fine and had no problem during the brief outage.
NASA spokesman Josh Byerly said something went wrong around 9:45 a.m. EST Tuesday during a computer software update on the station. The outpost abruptly lost all communication, voice and command from Houston.
Sometimes things just do not go as planned... When I worked at Microsoft, I had a couple of hard drive controllers 'brick' on me when I did a firmware upgrade. The manufacturer replaced the units but still, it took two weeks to get the replacements and that put a crimp in the operations. They should have tested the upgrade more thoroughly...
Posted by DaveH at February 20, 2013 10:53 AM