GhostDragon21h ago
Tom's Hardware

Original Apollo 11 code open-sourced by NASA — original Command Module and Lunar Module code repos are now public domain resources

The historic computer software code that took Apollo 11 to the moon has been open-sourced and is available to anyone to read, download, and tinker with.
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https://www.tomshardware.com/software/original-apollo-11-code-open-sourced-by-nasa-original-command-module-and-lunar-module-code-repos-are-now-public-domain-resources

Apr 11 at 11:34amWeb
Show threadTerry Wallwork21h ago
@tomshardware Who is going to be the first to find a bug :)
Show threadTeflonTrout  he/him20h ago

@tomshardware

while astronautsAreAlive=true and tripsToMoon= 0:
goto (moon)
else print "Houston, we have had a minor whoopsy-daisy"

Show threadOmnivore19h ago

@tomshardware

#alttext

Michael Collins (left), Neil Armstrong (center), and Buzz Aldrin (right) standing in front of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, named "Eagle,"
(Image credit: Getty)

Show threadThomas Tanghus19h ago
@tomshardware BURN_BABY_BURN
https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/blob/master/Luminary099/BURN_BABY_BURN--MASTER_IGNITION_ROUTINE.agc
Apollo-11/Luminary099/BURN_BABY_BURN--MASTER_IGNITION_ROUTINE.agc at master · chrislgarry/Apollo-11

Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer (AGC) source code for the command and lunar modules. - chrislgarry/Apollo-11

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Show threadJavier19h ago

@tomshardware

Does that include the famous priority control by Margaret Hamilton? I wonder how many other gems she authored/mentored but wasn't considered news-worthy

Show threadMᴀʀᴋ VᴀɴᴅᴇWᴇᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ18h ago
@tomshardware Cool! I'll get to work building my own LEM this afternoon!
Show threadReginald14h ago
@tomshardware Amazing that we see three men standing in front of microphones and the lander. If we want to see the code, on the other hand, perhaps we should ask a woman to show it to us:
Show threadRob Vincent 🎙️14h ago
@raganwald @tomshardware Yes! Way to use exactly the wrong photo @TomsHardware.
Show threadClaude14h ago
@tomshardware where is Margaret Hamilton in this picture?
Show threadClaude11h ago
@tomshardware did your writer really write a whole piece on this but didn't name Margaret Hamilton once in it?
So you're just one more techbro fascism-enabling tech company, aren't you?
Fuck you to the moon and back.
Show threadPatrizl0015h ago
@tomshardware I thought this was neat and then I looked at the dates and the repo's been around for more than a decade. Why is this being treated as new?