tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353425161669682587.post9132055778589221493..comments2012-05-16T00:13:33.730-07:00Comments on Forever Young: Apollo 13 anniversaryNancy E Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761084868938117734noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353425161669682587.post-89963562521191112792010-04-19T12:38:15.118-07:002010-04-19T12:38:15.118-07:00If I remember correctly, the Space Shuttle was sti...If I remember correctly, the Space Shuttle was still using systems based on core memory in the late 1980s. (Of course, the Shuttle was also using QNX, but definitely not on the core memory systems. :-)Paul N. Lerouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04731307090173101793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353425161669682587.post-65213377970018102062010-04-16T19:07:09.930-07:002010-04-16T19:07:09.930-07:00Ok. Here you go.
If you watched the movie Apollo ...Ok. Here you go. <br />If you watched the movie Apollo 13, you might remember that there is a scene where an engineer, under extreme time constraints, has to calculate the correct trajectory of the returning capsule or it would be burn up on re-entry, or drift off into space indefinitely. Everyone waited as he made his rapid calculations on a "Slide Rule" and came up with the correct answer leading to a safe return. In real life that man's name is Bob Nance and he is a highly recognized NASA engineer for his input into saving those lives of Apollo 13 and is now the sales manager of our local BMW dealership from whom I just ordered a new 2011 BMW X5. What a bright man who is spending his years of retirement selling great cars and making people happy. Ask him about BMW engineering and he can give you a description that surpasses anything that a slide rule can calculate. A brilliant man indeed and a gentleman of honor! It has been my honor to know him.<br />Slide rules rule! Who needs a computer? Bob doesn't!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15292892805558954620noreply@blogger.com