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AGC Supercomputers

Computer Technology, Free Software, Inventions, Politics, Pop Art, War

The Apollo engine command was controlled by Astronauts via AGC programs and DSKY as human interface. Inventing those systems was another form of Rocket-Science.

Apollo Navigation System

“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.”

— John F. Kennedy

Without a doubt a big achievement and worth much more than money. Computer Engineering made huge leaps in progress and CBS reported live about the biggest success. With only 34K memory and weaved software code in rope memory all that became possible. Unbelievable, isn’t it?

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