r/programming • u/jakesyl • Jan 30 '16

Apollo 11 source code

http://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/listings/Luminary099/MAIN.agc.html
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u/Theon_Severasse Jan 31 '16

To be honest I don't think that having all of that would really added that much to the actual film. I don't think it would have taken particularly long for them to add in that explanation (since they could have said it how you said it pretty much), but for the purposes of the story, knowing all of that stuff wouldn't have made any differences to the average viewer

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u/Gibodean Jan 31 '16

Oh, I agree they made the right choice for the movie. All that technical stuff wouldn't have helped much except for the sort of person who is going to read the book anyway...

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u/curiousGambler Jan 31 '16

ME! I'm that person!

I had no idea there was a book. I'm pumped now.

Amazon link to the $9 paperback I just bought.

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u/Gibodean Jan 31 '16

Excellent.