Descriptions & illustrations of the Apollo Guidance Computer, the Display and Keyboard Unit (DSKY), how the astronauts used it and how it interfaced to the remainder of the Command Module, and comparisons to show similarity with other computer systems including Windows programs.

Presenters: John Jennings & Donn Anderson NASA has created a communication system that controls and receives data from many space probes and is never out of communication. The Deep Space Network involves three facilities around the Earth so that NASA never loses contact with all of its active spacecraft. We will show the three world...