NASA/JPL has open-sourced SpaceWASM, a flight-compliant WebAssembly interpreter designed for on-board spacecraft sequencing. The tool features a decoder/validator that converts WASM bytecode into an optimized intermediate representation to ensure deterministic, low-memory execution suitable for safety-critical environments.
Background
WebAssembly (Wasm) is increasingly being explored for embedded and aerospace applications due to its portability and security sandboxing capabilities, though traditional implementations often lack the determinism required for space missions.
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- Lobsters
- Published
- Jul 9, 2026 at 05:50 AM
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- 7.0 / 10