From 29550231a2715f7b558f9ccbc08084f81a9949bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kate Hudson Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:52:45 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 172eaf4..d318370 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ # Flight rules for git -A guide for astronauts about what to do when things go wrong. ### What are "flight rules"? +A guide for astronauts (now, programmers using git) about what to do when things go wrong. + > *Flight Rules* are the hard-earned body of knowledge recorded in manuals that list, step-by-step, what to do if X occurs, and why. Essentially, they are extremely detailed, scenario-specific standard operating procedures. [...] > NASA has been capturing our missteps, disasters and solutions since the early 1960s, when Mercury-era ground teams first started gathering "lessons learned" into a compendium that now lists thousands of problematic sitautions, from engine failure to busted hatch handles to computer glitches, and their solutions.