[Arkinsaw]

with things like changes taking place underway during tests

I've never worked in any shop where code changes weren't made during testing and none of them went back and reran the entire test plan after each fix. Theoretically you could be in testing forever.

I am certain that NASA has more rigorous testing criteria but what you say is definitely a possibility.

[dep]

a friend, a former lead software engineer in apollo and later second in command at the safety office, was fired for bringing up, among other things -- the turbopumps, for instance -- the lack of software security and shoddy software handling. he ended up taking his own life because of it. he was not the only one.

dep