Moon landing 1969: 4 KB RAM for the guidance computer is enough.

Moon landing 2026: Two instances of MS Outlook sort of started themselves on the guidance computer and we have no idea why.

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ertian 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

1969: Every line of assembly code has been coded according to rigorous standards and vetted and reviewed by a panel of experts.

2026: lol we just realized there's a few million lines of extra code running but we can't figure out why

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doug_durham 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

1969: Every bit of every line of assembly manually woven into core rope memory by highly skilled technicians.

2026: We filled up our 2 TB flash. How do we get another?

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flysand7 5 hours ago | parent [-]

1969: Our toilets suck, better be miticulous and careful with waste

2026: Too much shit, we need to design new toilets

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undersuit 5 hours ago | parent [-]

The Apollo missions used a disposable bag you taped to your butt.

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Brybry 36 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

"Give me a napkin quick. There's a turd floating through the air" - Tom Stafford, Apollo 10 Commander (1969) [1]

"I used to want to be the first man to Mars. This has convinced me that, if we got to go on Apollo, I ain't interested" - Ken Mattingly, Apollo 16 Pilot (1972) [2]

[1] https://www.vox.com/2015/5/26/8646675/apollo-10-turd-poop

[2] https://apollojournals.org/afj/ap16fj/24_Day9_Pt1.html#:~:te...

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oxag3n 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How come all hiking and road disposable bags don't have the tape.

	▲	randallsquared 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Because hiking is usually done under gravity.

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testfrequency 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What could go wrong!

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voxleone 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

We went from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Power of Ten rules to ‘have you tried restarting Microsoft Outlook?’

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_10:_Rules_for_Dev...

	▲	mulmen 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Restart which one?!

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JumpCrisscross 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> on the guidance computer

Source for this running on the GN&C (guidance and nav) computer? Isn’t that built by the ESA?

	▲	xg15 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Ah, good point. The tweet just mentioned the "Artemis computer", but according to https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/artem... it's a separate system and not navigation.

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scorpionfeet 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Can you instead compare the mission critical code of Artemis instead of the email client?

How many KB is the flight controller?

	▲	thephyber 33 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Your parent’s comment was a joke and you’re replying as if it went over your head.

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sheepscreek 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

…and we managed to do this without AI!

	▲	MarsIronPI 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		but... but... mandatory AI quota!

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whalesalad 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Genuinely shocking that the guidance computer would be running Windows at all.

"... preparing for re-entry, adjusting azimuth, ... APPLY UPDATES AND REBOOT? APPLY UPDATES AND SHUT DOWN? QUEEN? UPDATES?"

	▲	BuyMyBitcoins 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Microsoft said something about a Copilot…