The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) was a fascinating design for its time, and demonstrated many concepts that would take hold be used for many years to come. The 512Khz master signal (derived from a [more…]
“Your ghost stories don’t scare me…” Jamie Silicon’s voice betrayed a certain lack of confidence, and his older sister seized on it like a wolf lunging for a rabbit. “Did you know that one night, [more…]
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…]
“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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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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