Timeline for Hiding own space program
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| Nov 5, 2016 at 7:55 | comment | added | Vaesper | @Frostfyre have you not heard of this little club of entrepeneurs? | |
| Apr 23, 2015 at 8:34 | vote | accept | Pavel Janicek | ||
| Apr 17, 2015 at 0:23 | comment | added | SF. | @Rozwel: You're taking the post-911 USA measures of security. I'm fairly sure the USA did not audit firmware of every device in the Russian module of ISS, and while Russians might have led the audit, it's quite likely their audit company was owned by a good friend of the owner of the software writing company. | |
| Apr 17, 2015 at 0:15 | comment | added | Rozwel | I like the answer but have to agree that slipping a software backdoor into such a project is extremely unlikely. I know people who write code for things like missile guidance systems and satellites for a rather large government contractor. One of the interesting things I learned in talking with them is that a completely separate company has to review and certify their work as meeting specifications before it is accepted. | |
| Apr 16, 2015 at 15:31 | comment | added | Nathanael Farley | I think we're forgetting that this guy is an Evil Overlord. They don't really exist either. It's not so much of a stretch that in this world, there is more than one person (with programming ability) that believes wiping out the world is a good idea. | |
| Apr 16, 2015 at 15:16 | comment | added | o.m. | Would the developers know what they're doing? Make the "test mode" or "maintenance override" or "emergency manual control" part of the spec. | |
| Apr 16, 2015 at 12:30 | comment | added | SF. | @Frostfyre: The stake is their own survival. | |
| Apr 16, 2015 at 12:29 | comment | added | Frostfyre | I don't know any self-respecting developers who would potentially put the lives of people in danger for money. | |
| Apr 16, 2015 at 12:23 | comment | added | SF. | @Frostfyre: Not if all the testers and security are on your payroll. | |
| Apr 16, 2015 at 12:10 | comment | added | Frostfyre | As someone who develops software for a living, I'd like to point out that you're not going to be able to hide backdoors in software on a program like this. There are testers and security to get the software past, not to mention over developers who review the code. A backdoor would be found, documented, and reported. | |
| Apr 16, 2015 at 8:01 | history | answered | SF. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |