NASA Adapts WebAssembly for Spacecraft with SpaceWASM
LaurieWired notes NASA project aims to standardize bytecode for spacecraft mission software.
Researcher LaurieWired highlighted NASA's SpaceWASM project in a post on X. She described it as a flight-compliant version of WebAssembly meant for spacecraft. The goal is to write mission software targeting a standardized bytecode format. LaurieWired added that while all space hardware code requires flight qualification, using SpaceWASM could satisfy some requirements automatically, such as avoiding memory corruption issues. Other users in the thread discussed how the name WebAssembly misleadingly suggests it is limited to browsers, despite its broader applications including this NASA effort.
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NASA Adapts WebAssembly for Spacecraft with SpaceWASM
LaurieWired notes NASA project aims to standardize bytecode for spacecraft mission software.
Researcher LaurieWired highlighted NASA's SpaceWASM project in a post on X. She described it as a flight-compliant version of WebAssembly meant for spacecraft. The goal is to write mission software targeting a standardized bytecode format. LaurieWired added that while all space hardware code requires flight qualification, using SpaceWASM could satisfy some requirements automatically, such as avoiding memory corruption issues. Other users in the thread discussed how the name WebAssembly misleadingly suggests it is limited to browsers, despite its broader applications including this NASA effort.