Re: Slide Rules and Slipsticks - in the 1960's B.C. - i.e. (Before Computers)
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Joe Zeglinski
I think the note above Von Braun’s slide rule is
appropriate.
Recall the movie sequence in APOLLO-13, Tom Hanks is asking mission control
to double check his gimbal angle corrections. The scene shows the guy on the
desk giving a thumbs up after verifying with his K&E slide rule. One man
with a slide rule can do wonders. They had an IBM-7094 but no calculators for
that? Rescue hinged on a slide rule.
Certainly reinforced my respect for the ground control
team, and what could be done without massive computers.
Joe
From: Eric
Dreher
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2021 3:00 PM
To: main@ap-gto.groups.io
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Slide Rules and Slipsticks - in the 1960's
B.C. - i.e. (Before Computers) Having
grown up during the Mercury launches onward, my childhood hero became Wernher
von Braun. During a 2016 visit to the Cosmosphere Space Museum in
Hutchinson, Kansas, I spotted a slide rule in a glass display case. For
obvious reasons, I had to take a photo.
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