One of the most impressive aspects of the Apollo infinite plan was how NASA worked around the limitations in computer power . The smartwatch on your wrist occult what the Apollo infinite craft ’s computers were capable of , so NASA ’s engineers often had torely on clever cleverness to solvedifficult problems .
AsengineerguyBill Hammackexplains , so as to properly align the Lunar Module ’s guidance arrangement ( before GPS and other electronic aides existed ) the Apollo astronauts swear on an Alignment Optical Telescope that used techniques devised by Archimedes to be dewy-eyed , lightweight , but absolutely essential to getting to the moon and back again .
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