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I would argue it was first space flight guidance computer. Technically nazis V1 had analog guidance computer and traveled in space. The same with all later ba
by jkot 10y ago
I would argue it was first space flight guidance computer.
Technically nazis V1 had analog guidance computer and traveled in space. The same with all later ballistic missiles etc.
Early soviet manned space flights (Vostok, Voschod) were fully automated, in case pilot passes out. Americans did not had that until Apollo.
There was even 'password' login :-) [wiki, Vostok 1]
> The entire mission would be controlled by either automatic systems or by ground control. This was because medical staff and spacecraft engineers were unsure how a human might react to weightlessness, and therefore it was decided to lock the pilot's manual controls. In an unusual move, a code to unlock the controls was placed in an onboard envelope, for Gagarin's use in case of emergency.[7]:278 Prior to the flight, Kamanin and others told Gagarin the code anyway.
- exDM69 10y agoTitle is editorialized. Even the US Gemini program had an on-board guidance computer before Apollo. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_Guidance_Computer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_Guidance_Computer
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- alephnil 10y agoThe V1[1] was a pulsejet powered cruise missile, and while it also had a analog guidance system, I guess you mean V2[2], that was the first long range ballistic missile. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket
- WalterBright 10y agoOne of the engineering achievements of the V2 was its guidance system. See "V2" by Dornberger. The heart of the guidance system was a gyroscope that was slowly tilted by a clockwork mechanism.
- CamTin 10y agoGemini had a (much more limited) guidance computer that flew in space: http://history.nasa.gov/computers/ch1-1.html http://history.nasa.gov/computers/ch1-1.html It didn't provide all the capabilities that the AGC did, but it did provide for navigation calculations and rode inside the capsule.
- MichaelMoser123 10y agoi think the first digital one was the D-17B, that was the guidance system of the Minuteman ICBM. Wikipedia says it used transistors so that it was a minicomputer, don't know if it had integrated circuits by 1966. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-17B https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-17B The Soviet R7 ICBM used a guidance system with tubes so that it was larger - that was a major reason why they needed a bigger missile; and that one would eventually take man to space. The v2 had a gyroscopic a guidance system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj2QVgfyXik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj2QVgfyXik
- fit2rule 10y ago>"password" login Insert joke about Cosmonauts being little more than trained monkeys with a stick, and Astronauts just being trained monkeys. Or were you talking about a different kind of "PAS-sword"? http://space.stackexchange.com/questions/4114/why-is-a-stick-required-to-operate-soyuzs-computer http://space.stackexchange.com/questions/4114/why-is-a-stick...