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2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderApollo Guidance Computer programmer Don Eyles analyzes the program alarms that could have aborted the landing: http://www.doneyles.com/LM/Tales.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
Do yourself a favor and look up moon landing 4k on youtube. There’s some amazing immersive stuff now: https://youtu.be/boFZ3cAws20 There’s also a few amazing first person videos from space walks on the ISS: https://youtu.be/AmrrSfiMxGA The footage from Artemis is gonna be incredible. Also highly recommend this “are we going?” Talk on engineering issues in Artemis: https://youtu.be/OoJsPvmFixU Which is where I learned about this report from NASA called “What Made Apollo a Success”…
AWESOME, my heart beat was going up along Neil´s, ( I am pilot I can "almost" relate at how the feeling can be that final feet! given the huge distance of course.)
Reposted for the anniversary of the landing. The original thread is here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5503225
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 549
- Total comments
- 85
100+ points or 50+ comments
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