The Apollo 11 computer code had references to the Black Power movement and quoted Shakespeare
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 - 15:46
in Astronomy & Space
Imagine that it’s the mid-1960s, and NASA has hired you to help put a man on the moon. Flying a spacecraft is incredibly complicated. If the trajectory is even one degree off during reentry, everyone on board could die. Human error is a serious risk. So what do you do? Simple: You write some software...