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Somewhat related: why was software known as "data priority" in the Apollo program? (Tindall himself was the chief of "data priority coordination" which really meant getting all the software people aligned to a common schedule and integration platform – i.e. "software coordination".)

I don't know the true answer, but from what I understand, one big reason they brought software onto the spacecraft to begin with was to be able to work with input streams from all the redundant sets of sensors they had. Making sure a healthy input stream was selected as the primary data source at all times was t known as the "data priority problem", and software was a big part of how it was to be done.




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