looking for documentation for 1963 minuteman missile computer

From: Carlos Murillo <cmurillo_at_emtelsa.multi.net.co>
Date: Mon Oct 15 23:34:15 2001

At 11:43 PM 10/14/01 -0400, you wrote:
>On Monday, October 15, 2001 9:25 PM, Carlos Murillo wrote:
>> Rocket science is in the rocket engine. Navigation is
>> not that hard, comparatively...
>
>When all you have to navigate with is a computer that takes
>a full (milli)second to multiply and a telescope that could probably
>only sense the horizon it gets a bit harder..
>
>
>Jim

Agreed. But at this point in time, navigation algorithms that
are sufficiently precise can be developed/recreated by (almost)
anyone with a phd in control theory. Rocket engine science is
lots harder, because it is still a (largely) experimental affair.

carlos.

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Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo_at_nospammers.ieee.org
Received on Mon Oct 15 2001 - 23:34:15 BST