What a weekend!

From: allisonp_at_world.std.com <(allisonp_at_world.std.com)>
Date: Thu May 4 14:03:50 2000

> I recently read somewhere that around 150 AGCs were built, and about 75
> used in space. I'm very skeptical of that number, but it does makes me
> wonder how many of them were involved in each mission. Assuming that
> they were also used on Apollo-Soyuz and the Skylab missions, that makes
> about 16 missions, so they would have had to use about nearly five per
> mission to accout for 75 of them.

Unknown, however it's possible.

> I was of the impression that they were designed for a tight fit in an
> odd-shaped space in the command module; was the same computer used in
> the lander as well, or in other parts of the spacecraft?

I've seen the command module and the LM versions and they are parctically
part of the structure and depend on it for conductive cooling. The CM and
LM machines are of similar design but not the same. The basic
requirements and design window account for them being very similar.

Allison
 
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