Originally Posted by
BDAttitude
Indeed. How can you possibly not notice that a system under active development is failing (or failing to perform) a POST (power-on self-test) or equivalent? If this is really true, it's a pretty remarkable oversight.
And then there's this:
It was confined to how it performs validation checks during startup and doesn’t involve its function during flight . . .
Well, umm . . . if a system doesn't properly run its validation checks on startup, why would we trust that it will properly perform "its function during flight?"