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Whew, excellent point. That raises another question, though—how much computational work did that computer have to do? The real heavy lifting was performed by bi
by cylinder714 8y ago
Whew, excellent point. That raises another question, though—how much computational work did that computer have to do? The real heavy lifting was performed by big NASA mainframes on Earth, right?
- cbm-vic-20 8y agoThe Apollo computer did things like control rocket burns, provide navigational information, etc. More information http://nassp.sourceforge.net/wiki/Guidance_and_Control_System http://nassp.sourceforge.net/wiki/Guidance_and_Control_Syste... The source is on Github, too, for example: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/blob/master/Luminary099/BURN_BABY_BURN--MASTER_IGNITION_ROUTINE.agc https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/blob/master/Luminar...