Ep.05 The fourth astronaut
The computer that got us to the moon. The size of a briefcase, there had never been anything like it. Apollo 11 was βthe first time software ran on the moonβ.
The computer that got us to the moon. The size of a briefcase, there had never been anything like it. Apollo 11 was βthe first time software ran on the moonβ. This is the story of the worldβs first digital portable general purpose computer. The work of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, helped give rise to the digital age. With Kevin Fong.
Starring:
Ramon Alonso
Elaine Denniston
Charlie Duke
Don Eyles
Eldon Hall
Margaret Hamilton
Dan Lickly
Theme music by Hans Zimmer for Bleeding Fingers Music
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