I don’t understand it all, but thank you for pointing this channel out Wes. It’s like a “will it run?” video for antique electronics. Fascinating stuff.
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I watched that series years ago what a great group of guys that compiled those old modules and memory and brought them back to life.
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Trouble shooting the problem from that distance and delegating the astronauts to facilitate “ repairs “ involved a lot of mutual trust. Don’t think I would be able to keep calm during that situation. Thanks for posting this one, teaches me a valuable lesson about patience! Still amazed at the technology of that era
1 year ago | 0
I love your quest for learning different things and you being a Renaissance man. I'll watch every thing you do I enjoy sharing your knowledge and your excellent teaching skills.
1 year ago | 0
I have trouble diagnosing common earth faults on modules sitting on the table in front of me, so what those brilliant engineers were ( and still are ) capable of blows my walnut-sized mind.
1 year ago | 0
It blows my mind I'm 5 miles from the Johnson space center and still didn't know this.
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Also a BIG space nerd! If you've seen Spacecamp and saw Challenger disaster live, you might understand. Just the fact that the "computer" on board was able to do what it did and they were able to fix it from that far away was ASTOUNDING! You need to watch the interview with the NASA engineer that explains that "computer". I believe it is SmarterEveryday that posted the video. The simplicity of the technology at the time and then to wrap your head around how it could actually do the amount of calculations it did is MIND BLOWING! I WILL watch this when I get the chance! Also wanted to add anyone that saw Apollo, or any other launches live, that found the whole thing fascinating! Yes, I've seen the conspiracy videos about the whole moon thing, but rockets and space are REAL ☺️
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Interesting stuff. I switched to Nerd mode but I still only understood some of it. Thanks for sharing this video. Nerd mode deactivated.
1 year ago | 0
For those that use freedom units, 320000 km is about 2100000000 hot dogs
1 year ago | 6
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If you like electrical troubleshooting, this is a fascinating video about the Apollo 13 mission. There's a lot more to it than a "main B bus under-volt"! It still blows my mind that 55 years ago engineers in Houston were able to do a successful real-time electrical diagnosis from 320,000km away!
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