NASA used radiation-resistant core rope memory, which consisted of fermite rings woven together with rope, for its Apollo space missions. NASA used radiation-resistant core rope memory, which ...
One of our favorite retro hardware enthusiasts, [CuriousMarc], is back with the outstanding tale of preserving Apollo Program software, and building a core rope reader from scratch to do it. We’ve ...
If you thought the fact that an iPhone was four times as powerful as the on-board computer of the Curiosity Rover was unbelievable, take a look at the meager tech the Apollo Program used to get into ...
It’s time you met one of our key ancestors, Core Rope Memory. It’s exactly what its name indicates: read-only memory that is comprised of iron cores and metal rope wrapped around them. Now, to the ...
Editor's note: Monday is the 40th anniversary of man walking on the moon. Today is the first of two parts about local connections to Apollo 11. Three months after John F. Kennedy's 1961 speech ...
Three months after John F. Kennedy's 1961 speech committing the country to "landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth," NASA awarded its first contract for the fledgling Apollo ...
Editor's note: Monday is the 40th anniversary of man walking on the moon. Today is the first of two parts about local connections to Apollo 11. Three months after John F. Kennedy's 1961 speech ...
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