github.com/nasa/spacewasm

so wasm is the future huh

like... 'oops we just lost a $500m satellite' bad

segfaults in space are *very* bad

agreed. no segfaults in space

rust is just... better for this

c to wasm works too but...

rust to wasm is the move

like... how do we even write this stuff?

okay but what about the toolchain?

still. pi in a vacuum chamber is peak jpl

like... radiation-hardened and everything

the actual flight boards are way more hardcore

no no just for testing

wait... a raspberry pi in space?

yep! on a raspberry pi in a vacuum chamber

but jpl's testing it right?

haha

or worse... a brick that plays doom

then your satellite is a brick

like... what if the interpreter crashes?

still sounds like a disaster waiting to happen

just ship the wasm blob and go

no more recompiling for every damn cpu

this wasm thing could actually save us a ton of time

okay but seriously though

...

but the view would be great

the latency would be insane

first person doom from low earth orbit