Is "software engineering" suited to safety-critical systems ?

Question

Chaos seems to be deliberately introduced into projects.

It's most unhelpful to achieving system that are not inherently unsafe.

Was "software engineering" used to land people on the moon ? I would think not.

Answer 1

I think there can be situations in which chaos is deliberately introduced into projects, however it's not the case for all systems which become chaotic at one point or another. chaos can have lots of other reasons... it can originate in a simple mistake or a misunderstanding and thus everything crushes...