Praxis Publications Inc The apollo guidance computer: architecture and operation, paperback/frank o'brien

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Contributor(s): Author: Frank O'Brien The technological marvel that facilitated the Apollo missions to the Moon was the on-board computer.

In the 1960s most computers filled an entire room, but the spacecraft's computer was required to be compact and low power.

Although people today find it difficult to accept that it was possible to control a spacecraft using such a 'primitive' computer, it nevertheless had capabilities that are advanced even by tod.