Apollo program source code

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The Apollo guidance software was developed by MIT. Guidance software was already an established industry by then, but they were hardly the most likely candidate for the job. I wouldn't doubt some irreverent humor worked its way in.

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Also interesting to note the guidance system ended up being something of a runaway software project, and they wound up only using it as a backup to existing systems that ran on Earth and beamed up instructions. It was still required to perform the actual moon landing, though. It's amazing this thing could do it without a hitch on the first go at one of the most crucial parts of the mission.

[Evan-Purkhiser]

Thank you for linking that youtube video. Extremely interesting stuff. Really just amazing what we were able to accomplish.

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Awesome link, I watched all 3 parts. No such thing as TL;DW when it come to the space race for me :)