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Oct 7, 2022 · Artificial Intelligence
How Lisp Powered NASA’s Deep Space 1 Mission and the Challenges of Remote Debugging
NASA’s Deep Space 1 mission, launched in 1998, relied on Lisp‑written control software, enabling remote REPL debugging across 240 million kilometers, and the story traces the language’s rise, internal politics, and eventual decline within JPL, illustrating the complexities of software engineering for interplanetary probes.
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