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I've been listening to "13 minutes to the Moon" from the BBC recently. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48232627 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-en
by jonshariat 7y ago
I've been listening to "13 minutes to the Moon" from the BBC recently. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48232627 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48232627
One part jumped out at me as brilliant especially for the time: when the computer was overloaded with tasks during the decent, it switched off all non-essential extras like screen displays in order to free up processing power. After that it shed even more to focus on only plotting the landing!
- zeristor 7y agoA few weeks back they said it was due to the delta h discrepancy, and Buzz did nothing wrong. This week they were saying that it was down to the docking rendezvous system being turned on, which had not been done before. I don't know if they came up with new information and forget to redo that episode. The delta-h discrepancy was a mismatch between the actual height above the moon, and what the navigation system expected, I believe Mission Control took over that. I feel like the programme murkied the waters.