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> failsafe timers and dead-man switches when testing new things. Aircraft and spacecraft are more than anything, mass constrained. Such failsafes are welcome i
by dotancohen 6d ago
> failsafe timers and dead-man switches when testing new things.
Aircraft and spacecraft are more than anything, mass constrained. Such failsafes are welcome in software, but neither the bleeding-edge engineers not even the test pilots would support adding failsafe mass if it would affect the tests.