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Apollo 11 code open on GitHub – historic moon landing code now available
The original assembly code for Apollo 11's navigation computers is now published on GitHub. The code controls both the command and lunar modules and shows how NASA programmed spacecraft in the 1960s.
WHY IT MATTERS
This is interesting for historians, programmers and technology enthusiasts – it demonstrates how one of humanity's greatest achievements was coded with primitive means, and opens insights into computer architecture and algorithms from the golden age of space exploration.
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