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> The Apollo Program was the same; today anyone with the documentation, a small dish antenna, a software radio, and some nerd dedication, would be able to hack
by mulmen 2y ago
> The Apollo Program was the same; today anyone with the documentation, a small dish antenna, a software radio, and some nerd dedication, would be able to hack Apollo midflight via its radio link. It was the equivalent of a root prompt with no password on an exposed port.
Is this right? In a recent curiosmarc video I got the impression the astronauts on board had to enable remote commands. This was frequently done but they did have a cutoff.
- CableNinja 2y agoYeah that was basically the only thing the apollo astronauts had to prevent remote control by anyone. Comms wasnt encrypted or anything, just a simple switch that completed the command circuit. Strangely from that series, iirc, ground commands were "king", meaning if that switch was enabled, whatever ground wanted the ship to do, it did, no matter the input from astronauts