Google Tech Talk
February 14, 2012

Presented by Ron Garret.

ABSTRACT

The Remote Agent Experiment: Debugging Code from 60 Million Miles Away

The Remote Agent Experiment (RAX) was an autonomous control system for an unmanned interplanetary spacecraft called New Millennium Deep Space 1 (DS1).  In May, 1999, control of the DS1 spacecraft, a $150-million asset, was handed over to the Remote Agent software for three days.  It was the first -- and, to date, the last -- time that an interplanetary spacecraft has been under fully autonomous control.  RAX was a resounding technological success, but a political disaster.  Instead of paving the way for future autonomous missions, RAX is the reason that NASA has not flown an autonomous mission since.  This talk is about the lessons learned from an ambitious but ultimately failed attempt to introduce technological change into a large, bureaucratic organization, the limitations of static code analysis, and the unique challenges of debugging code when the round…

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