Ep 298: One giant leap
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One giant leap
We talk about Apollo 1 through 11, take a little time to look at the Apollo program’s onboard computers, and finally finish with the first human footsteps on the moon.
Here’s a talk all about the Apollo computer.
Light Years Ahead | The 1969 Apollo Guidance Computer
Here’s a little something about the vomit comet—airplanes used to provide short periods of zero gravity.
Vomit Comet: Training Flights for Astronauts
Here’s a NASA site with information about the Apollo missions.
And here’s a short video of the first human to step on the moon, while he was stepping for the first time on the moon.