nasa Archives - Paleotronic Magazine http://paleotronic.com/tag/nasa/ Electronics, Computing and Videogame History! Fri, 24 May 2019 07:09:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 http://paleotronic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-keyicon-1-32x32.png nasa Archives - Paleotronic Magazine http://paleotronic.com/tag/nasa/ 32 32 146320098 Lunar Rangers: Discovering just what, exactly, the Moon was made of… http://paleotronic.com/2019/05/24/lunar-rangers-discovering-just-what-exactly-the-moon-was-made-of/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/05/24/lunar-rangers-discovering-just-what-exactly-the-moon-was-made-of/#respond Fri, 24 May 2019 07:09:05 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=4568 Before one could land on the Moon, one needed to learn more about it. What was  the surface made of? What was the terrain like? Where would we land? The Ranger missions hoped to assist [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/05/24/lunar-rangers-discovering-just-what-exactly-the-moon-was-made-of/feed/ 0 4568 The Business: Apollo Executive Group http://paleotronic.com/2019/04/09/the-business-apollo-executive-group/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/04/09/the-business-apollo-executive-group/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2019 02:58:45 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=4010 “We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organise and measure the [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/04/09/the-business-apollo-executive-group/feed/ 0 4010 Rockets and Rovers: Getting to the Moon and getting around on its surface http://paleotronic.com/2019/02/07/rockets-and-rovers-getting-to-the-moon-and-getting-around-on-its-surface/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/02/07/rockets-and-rovers-getting-to-the-moon-and-getting-around-on-its-surface/#respond Thu, 07 Feb 2019 05:48:04 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=3339 Getting the Apollo spacecraft all the way to the moon was going to take power – a lot of power. And to build a rocket of such magnitude was going to take a great deal [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/02/07/rockets-and-rovers-getting-to-the-moon-and-getting-around-on-its-surface/feed/ 0 3339 The Mystery of the Missing Moon Tapes http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/29/the-mystery-of-the-missing-moon-tapes/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/29/the-mystery-of-the-missing-moon-tapes/#respond Tue, 29 Jan 2019 03:08:52 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=3243 A desire to have the moon walk broadcast during prime-time US viewing hours, after the moon set there,  meant that NASA would have to rely on a dish in a sheep paddock in Australia to [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/29/the-mystery-of-the-missing-moon-tapes/feed/ 0 3243 Live from the Moon: One Giant Transmission for Humankind http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/25/live-from-the-moon-one-giant-transmission-for-mankind/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/25/live-from-the-moon-one-giant-transmission-for-mankind/#respond Fri, 25 Jan 2019 02:17:10 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=3210 The impact the live broadcast of the Moon walk had on the populace of Western countries cannot be overstated. Witnessing such a momentous event live made people feel they were a part of it, and [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/25/live-from-the-moon-one-giant-transmission-for-mankind/feed/ 0 3210 The Diskee: Apollo’s most important crewmember http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/22/the-diskee-apollos-most-important-crewmember/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/22/the-diskee-apollos-most-important-crewmember/#respond Tue, 22 Jan 2019 04:05:46 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=3157 Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong’s tense two-word report came over the loudspeakers at NASA’s Mission Control in Houston, more of a question than a statement as he and and fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin rapidly descended [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/22/the-diskee-apollos-most-important-crewmember/feed/ 0 3157 T-Minus Zero: Space… the Final Frontier http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/18/t-minus-zero-space-the-final-frontier/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/18/t-minus-zero-space-the-final-frontier/#respond Fri, 18 Jan 2019 01:13:08 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=3127 Note: This is the editorial from issue #3 of Paleotronic… Some people believe the opposable thumb is the secret to humanity’s success. But not me. For me, I think the knowledge of our mortality, of [more...]

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