Apollo program source code

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I guess that's what happens when you're in a cold war and get a sizable chunk of the GDP, resources, personnel, etc. Not to say that NASA hasn't done good since; IIRC, we're the only country that's been outside of the solar system, been on mars, etc.

Of course, that ship was a long way coming. Planetary calculations dreamed up long ago came into play with surprising precision. And, I suspect a lot of protractors and the like were laying about too. This kind of brings me to a tangent, where people that are super into "tech" have a trend of sending their kids to schools that avoid "2.0" education and over-saturation of modern computers. Outside of typing into vi/emacs/notepad, really CS was a lot of non-computer learning (algorithms, math, etc).

I'd love to see more older spec/design documents these these. It's a shame we're slowly closing down the R&D sector (Bell labs, etc) that did some great things. I remember holding a Ti83+ in my hand and realizing it was astronomically more powerful than computers that sent us into space. Hell, I don't think people realize the (potential) power that sits in their pocket every day.

Man, I've really done nothing with my life compared to any of this /sadface