The Apollo 11 computer code had references to the Black Power movement and quoted Shakespeare

Imagine that it’s the mid-1960s, and NASA has hired you to help put a man on the moon.

Flying a spacecraft is incredibly complicated. If the trajectory is even one degree off during reentry, everyone on board could die. Human error is a serious risk. So what do you do?

Simple: You write some software...

via L.A. Times - Science http://ift.tt/29OvpAE