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Sweet Home Chicago

March 24, 2013It's a SciFi World, Science Stuff, This Made Me SmileNASA, spaceMike

Chicago, a bright spot on the tip of Lake Michigan, glowing through the clouds. pic.twitter.com/ozMHff9OZb

— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) March 23, 2013

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Why not? Build your own Apollo Guidance Computer.

November 2, 2012Science Stuff, TechnologyApollo, computing, NASA, spaceMike

Wow.

This report describes my successful project to build a working reproduction of the 1964 prototype for the Block I Apollo Guidance Computer. The AGC is the flight computer for the Apollo moon landings, with one unit in the command module and one in the LEM.

I built it in my basement. It took me 4 years.

If you like, you can build one too. It will take you less time, and yours will be better than mine.

(via Stephen Hackett)

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