[Am-info] Could it have been Windows?

[John J. Urbaniak]

NASA is beginning to look at possible computer problems for the recent
Columbia disaster.


http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/story/0,10801,78135,00.html

>From the article,

"WASHINGTON -- Columbia and other  space shuttles have a history of
computer glitches that have been linked to control  systems, including
left-wing steering  controls,

...

  Columbia and other space shuttles have experienced a series of control
computer failures  during the past two decades, including one that had a
direct link to the spacecraft's left-wing   control systems.

...

 Commercial off-the-shelf computer technologies, both hardware and
software, form the   centerpiece of the space shuttle's command,
control, communications and navigation system.

 ... "


Hmmm?

John