[thrashh]

Nothing has changed.

The reason NASA did that is because the stakes were so high. They couldn’t send a firmware update in the middle of a journey and the reputation of America hinged on the success of NASA.

If you are under that level of pressure, you make sure you dot your i’s and cross your t’s.

[mobiuscog]

Pressure is pretty high, 4km deep...

[3pac]

Apollo 11 command module computer did receive a patch from Houston to the running executive in core memory while in flight to the moon.

[thrashh]

Well maybe not technically couldn’t but preferably not have to.