In fairness, the NASA Engineer can't get NPM to behave either. That's why we don't send JavaScript to space. (Edit: Lol. I guess we totally do send JavaScript into space.)

Or do we? Now I desperately want to know what the first piece of JacaScript to run in space was/will be? It did/will mark the exact moment that we stopped taking space seriously.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 21 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The touchscreen controls and displays in SpaceX crew capsules are web based. So JavaScript is going to space pretty often.

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 10 points 4 months ago

Nice.

Holds hat over heart, and salutes.

[–] koper@feddit.nl 7 points 4 months ago

Remember how the Titan sub used a game controller and everyone called them out? I think I'd still feel safer.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The touchscreen controls and displays in SpaceX crew capsules are web based.

ok, but a real spacefaring organisation though? One that isn't run by a fucking idiot?

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

SpaceX is quite "real". No other company is even close to it's tech, low cost, and launch cadence. It's because it's run by Gwynne Shotwell, the President of SpaceX, who is skilled at keeping Musk away from ruining it.

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

Using modern tech with its associated crappy software lifecycle to save cost is a heavy gamble, however. Instead of breaking Reddit for a couple of hours, they can't fire their RCS thrusters to avoid collision with space junk because some stupid NPE that was missed in the QA process that no longer exists because that team was replaced with AI.

[–] CanadaPlus 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Well, actually, the JWST...

TBF in the Y2K era JavaScript was less of a suspect choice of scripting language. And it's a commercial variant called Nombas ScriptEase which is not better, and it's unsupported since 2003, but there you go.

[–] dosuser123456 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

the jswt

[–] CanadaPlus 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Java Script Webb Telescope sounds like some guy's interactive web page from the 'oughts.

[–] dosuser123456 2 points 4 months ago

if i ever learn how to make working js and get around to making a site dedicated to space im definitely calling it "javascript web telescope" lmao

[–] embed_me@programming.dev -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

To call the guy on the left a software engineer is a misclassification

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 6 points 4 months ago

Bit mage