Final preparations for public display and demonstrations for the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11
Congratulations!!! :thumbup:
Congratulations!!! :thumbup:
Congratulations to all involved. I've heard that as part of the tour they plan to download surviving Apollo core rope modules (If it can be done.) in the hope of unravelling the evolution of the AGC software for both the LM and CM.
Yeah, I really hope this project leads to some more AGC software versions becoming available. Out of entirely selfish reasons of course, so that we can run it in NASSP. My favourite version to find would be Skylark 48, the CMC version used on the Skylab and ASTP missions. They will be demonstrating the AGC to a bunch of people who might have the connections to make that a reality, so fingers crossed.
Yeah, I really hope this project leads to some more AGC software versions becoming available. ...o that we can run it in NASSP. My favourite version to find would be Skylark 48, the CMC version used on the Skylab and ASTP missions. ...
While I'm here, let me ask a potentially noobish question or 2. I've been learning this sim by reverse engineering the checklists, consulting flight plans and every other doc I can get my hands on, and the videos I can find, but I have a fundamental block, as it were. In the early docs, the AGC was described as a simplified version of the AGC emulator, but those docs are obsolete. So, in order to have the best idea what to key in and expect back, what is the sim running now? Is it still AGC lite, or is it now using one of the versions that are available? If so, which version is it, or does each mission use the emulator closest to that flight?
Also, if this hasn't already been done, one of the doc searches I did landed me at NASA's Apollo 11 Journal. I saw, to my dismay, that Mike Collin's Operations Checklist was there - one page at a time. I spent an evening downloading each image, and I've put it all into one PDF file (sans cartoons), and will happily make it available here, if there is any interest.
MISSION | Actual CMC | NASSP CMC | Actual LGC | NASSP LGC | Actual AGS | NASSP AGS | Notes |
Apollo 5 | - | - | Sunburst 120 | Sunburst 120 | - | - | |
Apollo 7 | Sundisk 282 | Colossus 237 | - | - | - | - | Please someone find a Sundisk listing |
Apollo 8 | Colossus 237 | Colossus 237 | - | - | - | - | |
Apollo 9 | Colossus 249 | Colossus 249 | Sundance 306 | Sundance 306ish | Flight Program 3 | Flight Program 6 | Reconstructed LGC version, not necessarily exactly correct |
Apollo 10 | Comanche 45 Rev 2 | Comanche 45 Rev 2 | Luminary 69 Rev 2 | Luminary 69 Rev 2 | Flight Program 5 | Flight Program 6 | |
Apollo 11 | Comanche 55 | Comanche 55 | Luminary 99 Rev 1 | Luminary 99 Rev 1 | Flight Program 6 | Flight Program 6 | |
Apollo 12 | Comanche 67 | Comanche 67 | Luminary 116 | Luminary 116 | Flight Program 6 | Flight Program 6 | |
Apollo 13 | Comanche 72 Rev 3 | Comanche 55 | Luminary 131 Rev 1 | Luminary 131 Rev 1 | Flight Program 7 | Flight Program 8 | |
Apollo 14 | Comanche 108 | Artemis 72 modified | Luminary 178 | Luminary 178 | Flight Program 7 | Flight Program 8 | Modified A72 version for Apollo 14 launch year |
Apollo 15-17 | Artemis 72 | Artemis 72 | Luminary 210 | Luminary 210 | Flight Program 8 | Flight Program 8 | |
Skylab, ASTP | Skylark 48 | Skylark 48 | - | - | - | - |
Also, if this hasn't already been done, one of the doc searches I did landed me at NASA's Apollo 11 Journal. I saw, to my dismay, that Mike Collin's Operations Checklist was there - one page at a time. I spent an evening downloading each image, and I've put it all into one PDF file (sans cartoons), and will happily make it available here, if there is any interest.
(pardon my french) Damn fine job!!!The latest video update.
Do the CMs in museums still have the CMC inside? If so, you could read the actual-actual-flown software (maybe they even let you inside ).Thanks! I've got rope readers built up and working for both Block I and Block II, and am up to 25 modules safely dumped between them. There are a couple more particularly exciting sets of modules that I'm working on scheduling reads for (stay tuned) -- but if anybody has any leads on rope modules, please let me know!