samjh
November 4th, 2007, 06:42 PM
See here:
http://flightlinux.gsfc.nasa.gov/
and the open-source follow-up:
http://www.openflightlinux.org/?cat=1
Interesting applications of the Linux operating system! I wonder if they are compliant to any of the safety-critical standards out there, especially DO-178B guidelines for the NASA project.
After some deeper reading, it looks like a lot of satellites and space missions use Linux as their embedded operating system.
http://flightlinux.gsfc.nasa.gov/
and the open-source follow-up:
http://www.openflightlinux.org/?cat=1
Interesting applications of the Linux operating system! I wonder if they are compliant to any of the safety-critical standards out there, especially DO-178B guidelines for the NASA project.
After some deeper reading, it looks like a lot of satellites and space missions use Linux as their embedded operating system.