2nd try- SpaceX

[PDXbiker]

Those who engineered the Apollo capsule 50+ years ago could only have dreamed of the flat touch screen display controls being used on this mission.

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

Remarkable if you ask me.

 

[PDXbiker]

Plus we no longer have to pay the Russians for a ride. It's Made in America hardware now.

 

[Whisky Tahoe]

Those who engineered the Apollo capsule 50+ years ago could only have dreamed of the flat touch screen display controls being used on this mission.

No doubt!!
Actually Apollo astronauts did an amazing job as did the engineers with their slide rules.
Check out the stats for the on board computer.
I'm a retired geek and core memory aka bubble memory along with computer tapes were high tech back then.

"The computer had 2048 words of erasable magnetic-core memory and 36 kilowords of read-only core rope memory. Both had cycle times of 11.72 microseconds. The memory word length was 16 bits: 15 bits of data and one odd-parity bit. The CPU-internal 16-bit word format was 14 bits of data, one overflow bit, and one sign bit (ones' complement representation). "

I think my dishwasher has a bigger computer in it....

 

[ma96782]

Oooops...pardon my French.

Aloha, Mark

 

[Ownerus]

This is not quite as big a rush for me as when I was a 15 yo kid watching Neil Armstrong step onto the moon... but it's close!

 

[P7M13]

I remember working in a lab in the mid '80s where there was a DEC PDP-11, abandoned in the corner of the lab. It still worked.
Being the pack rat scavenger I was, I asked the Sr. Engineer if there was a way to procure said iron. His reply, "That's more computing power than you will ever need."
As I pick up my phone....

 

[Stomper]

Remarkable if you ask me.

Nobody did....

 

[Stomper]

Plus we no longer have to pay the Russians for a ride. It's Made in America hardware now.

Um no.... "assembled" in USA.

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

Nobody did....

 

[frank linkh]

Very impressive!

 

[WoodsPlinker]

Gotta say, got goosebumps and a little cloudy eyed watching it launch.

Plus that shuttle view! The blue glow with the seats and everything... Epic

 

[BrentN]

Gotta say, got goosebumps and a little cloudy eyed watching it launch.

Plus that shuttle view! The blue glow with the seats and everything... Epic

Ditto. Absolutely amazing. Watching the pinnacle of technology and sending more brave explorers into space is awe-inspiring. Looking at what hamanity is capable of acomplishing in light of all the recent bad news gives me a glimmer of hope.

 

[11Charlie]

Looking at what hamanity is capable of acomplishing in light of all the recent bad news gives me a glimmer of hope.

Exactly!!!

 

[jbett98]

Hopefully, there's not one Chinese part on that rocket

 

[11Charlie]

Watching the docking was pretty cool. In about an hour they will open the hatch and you can watch.

I couldn't find it on TV so I found a live link online.

 

[11Charlie]

Astronauts Dock With Space Station After Historic SpaceX Launch (Published 2020)

Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley could stay in orbit for months to aid the station’s short-staffed crew.

www.nytimes.com

Here is the link if anyone is interested.

 

[11Charlie]

My wife also found it on C-SPAN.

 

[RicInOR]

I saw the 2 astronauts names are Bob and Doug, and immediately thought: McKenzie .

If you don't know You Tube them.

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