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amichal on July 7, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code

Did you notice the date:

> # Assemble revision 001 of AGC program LMY99 by NASA 2021112-61 > # 16:27 JULY 14, 1969

Likely the printing date but I envisioned the last minute all-nighters right away.

avian on July 7, 2016 [–]

Considering that the binary was woven by hand using copper wire into the computer's core rope memory, I imagine the flight revision had to be finished months before the actual flight.

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