Y2K – wasn’t that a while ago?

I learned yesterday that NASA’s computers on board the shuttle Discovery is not really Y2K ready. Well actually it’s not Y2K-7 ready. The shuttle’s launch had to be expedited to avoid it from being in orbit over Dec 31/06 and Jan 1/07. The 30 year old computer software apparently can’t handle the change in year from 2006 to 2007, so the plan is to bring the shuttle back before Dec 31. What ever happened to NASA being so cool and state of the art? Space travel seemed so futuristic and technologically advanced. The mystery behind the NASA labs was always something for geeks to dream about. But now it’s all a let down, especially if the computer can’t even handle a simple year change. I bet the new Playstation 3 has a smarter computer than the space shuttle.