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Digging Apollo

I took the action item of finding out if we would really use the AGS in this way since it has a heavy bearing on how we utilize the guidance systems. Intuitively, it sounds nuts.

Month: June 1966

Spacecraft computer program status report

June 2, 1966 - Howard W. Tindall, Jr. Posted on by flight

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…

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Apollo spacecraft computer programs–or, a bucket of worms

June 13, 1966 - Howard W. Tindall, Jr. Posted on by flight

Well, I just got back from MIT with my weekly quota of new ulcers, which I thought might interest you. We spent one day discussing the AS-204 situation, another on AS-501 and AS-502, and the third day primarily on crew procedures associated with the LEM lunar rendezvous crew timeline. I will give you my impression…

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