[AccessD] OT: The mission to the Moon

Thanks, Gustav. (Your comments remind me of the massive memory in my first
IBM look-alike, a vast 64k.)
Cheers
paul

2009/7/20 Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca>

> Incredible... loved it. Jim
>
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> Subject: [AccessD] OT: The mission to the Moon
>
> Hi all
>
> A site is set up to replay in real time for the next days the full mission
> 40 years ago:
>
>  http://wechoosethemoon.org
>
> A must if you - as I did - spent hours and hours in front of the TV to view
> this - perhaps - greatest moment in history of mankind.
> Notice the great animation of the physical blade-digit counters displaying
> the count downs.
>
> To pick a detail, read here the story about the on-board computer, Apollo
> Guidance Computer (AGC), and its 160K hand-built memory:
>
>  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8148730.stm
>
> including how and why a team of skilled textile workers played a key role
> in
> building this crucial module! That story was new to me. Never again talk
> about a single bit without respect.
>
> What really put this mission in perspective is that even today, 40 years
> later, if you planned a similar mission, it would be considered to touch
> the
> limit of the possible if not to be regarded as just too risky. Amazing.
>
> /gustav
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