[SIGCIS-Members] Apollo Guidance Computer demonstration

[Deborah Douglas]

For SIGCIS members in the Boston area - the MIT Museum will be hosting the team that has restored one of the surviving Apollo Guidance Computers as part of our Lunar Day activities tomorrow (July 20).  There will be 3 hour-long demonstrations (11 am; 2 pm; and 7 pm) and the team will be available most of the day to answer questions.  Some of you may have been following this on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-_93BVApb59FWrLZfdlisi_x7-Ut_-w7).  There will be many Instrumentation Lab “alumni” in attendance as well.

For more information about the museum’s events see:  http://mitmuseum.mit.edu/LunarDay. (For 21+ the evening program—Moon Shots—features special spirits along with talks, demos, and more but it has a fee attached:  https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/program/moon-shots)


Debbie Douglas

PS:  There will be many other great programs especially at the JFK Library, Museum of Science and Draper Laboratory (which created a website that has put thousands of photos, videos and more online:  https://wehackthemoon.com/. (Check out the resources section:  https://wehackthemoon.com/resources)



Deborah G. Douglas, PhD • Director of Collections and Curator of Science and Technology, MIT Museum; Research Associate, Program in Science, Technology, and Society • Room N51-209 • 265 Massachusetts Avenue • Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 • ddouglas at mit.edu<mailto:ddouglas at mit.edu> • 617-253-1766 telephone • 617-253-8994 facsimile • http://mitmuseum.mit.edu • http://museum.mit.edu/150


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