I am afraid there is a bit of confusion as to what navigation modes are being provided in the AS-503 and AS-504 Apollo spacecraft computer programs. I am sure I have contributed to this confusion myself, and the purpose of this memorandum is to try and clear it all up….
Category: Cancelled missions
AS-504 spacecraft computer program and storage status. Also a dash of AS-258.
On January 12 a great herd of us went to MIT to review the AS-504 spacecraft computer program requirements, or at least the questionable items, to make sure we would not overflow the computer storage capability. The consensus of those present was that MIT had put together an excellent presentation defining, with considerable precision, the…
Spacecraft computer program status report
Tom Gibson and I went to MIT on May 25 and 26 with one of our primary objectives to determine exactly what the program schedule situation was for the AS-504 (AS-207/208) spacecraft computer programs. Although we had a number of very fruitful discussions with MIT people, such as Ed Copps, Dick Battin, John Dahlen, and…
Latest on the AS-206 spacecraft computer program
During the January 11 program development plan meeting at MIT, a couple of things came up regarding the AS-206 program that are probably worth recording here….
No extra memory for the Apollo Spacecraft Computer
One of the most significant decisions coming out of the AS-278 computer program review with the Apollo Spacecraft Program Manager on September 15 and 16, was his absolute assurance that the spacecraft computer memory would not be augmented for the AS-503 or AS-504 flights. Accordingly, all program development should proceed on that basis for those…
In which is described the Apollo spacecraft computer programs currently being developed
It is possible to take advantage of the stretchout of the Apollo flight schedule in the manner in which we develop the spacecraft computer programs at MIT. Although the flight schedules have not been fixed, it is evident that certain things can be done which will not only improve the quality and capability of the…
Ground rules for MIT man loading for AGC programming
This is really for my own records, but in case you are interested, we presented the following ground rules to MIT with Bill Kelly’s (ASPO’s MIT Contractual Officer) concurrence. These ground rules were to cover the work they are doing in revising their man loading estimates for contract negotiations which are coming um in the…
Another Apollo spacecraft computer program status report
This is another of my gripping reports on the status of the Apollo spacecraft computer programs and associated matters based on my weekly visit to MIT on June 28 and 29….
Apollo Spacecraft Computer Program Schedule
Since last week I promised to start quoting some delivery dates, here goes. We are currently planning release of the flight programs for rope manufacture as follows:…
MIT’s digital computers are saturated until the IBM 360 becomes operational
I guess I ought to record the saga of the MIT 360 computer, if only so that it may take it’s proper place in history. It is a little adventure which has been going on in the shadow of the more dramatic crises at MIT and is now rising to the surface in it’s own…