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Old 26-09-2010, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by kinetic View Post
I have always read that the Apollo guidance computer
was no more powerful than a typical calculator....
It mentions that a full minute of guidance inputs were ignored on descent
to the moon because of the '1201' and '1202' alarm story
Must have been a b||ch to change those two small lithium batteries during descent with the full gear mittens on hey?
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