Apollo 11 source code on Github
Former NASA intern Chris Garry has posted the Apollo Guidance Computer source code on GitHub, Engadget reported.
The code has been in the public domain for some time.
Developers are using Github’s commenting system to crack jokes, such as this Apollo 13 “bug report”:
A customer has had a fairly serious problem with stirring the cryogenic tanks with a circuit fault present. To reproduce:
- Build CSM
- Perform mission up to translunar coast
- During translunar coast, attempt to stir cryo tanks
If a wiring fault exists, the issue may be replicated. Be aware that this may be hazardous to the tester attempting it.
The Apollo 11 code also contains a few jokes. On line 666 of the lunar landing routine, the programmer included the comment “numero mysterioso”.
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