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NASA's CAPSTONE silence down to a software flaw

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Assuming you can formally prove the software*, all that does is show that the software matches the specifications. Not that the specifications are right in the first place.

[*] Formally proving software isn't easy. It's not as if, in your IDE, you go Tools -> Prove and get a simple box back saying "Proved Correct"

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