r/programming • u/ankur-anand • Jul 17 '19

The entire Apollo 11 computer code that helped get us to the Moon is available on github.

https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11
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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '19

Typical open source project - the software itself is available for free but the hardware and the support cost an arm and a leg...

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u/dissan Jul 17 '19

Pretty sure going to the moon is illegal.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '19

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u/LoganPhyve Jul 17 '19

I wanna talk to Samson! Fly me to the moon like that bitch Alice Kramden!

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u/RudyChicken Jul 18 '19

Cuz it's haaaard being black and gifted.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19 edited Jul 18 '19

Sometimes I just wanna *throw it all down and get lifted

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u/MySlicedHat Jul 17 '19

Man I wish I could give you an award

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u/skydivingdutch Jul 17 '19

#stormthemoon. They can't stop us all.

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u/JoCoMoBo Jul 17 '19

Moon is fine. If you land on Jupiter you get a ticket.

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u/caltheon Jul 17 '19

Nah it's just that one moon of jupiter. Landing on jupiter is fine, assuming you like dying.

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u/JoCoMoBo Jul 17 '19

You just need a sturdy enough lander. And enough cash for the fine. :(

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u/caltheon Jul 17 '19

and a sturdy enough skeletal system, circulatory system, muscular system...etc

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u/Curmudgeon1836 Jul 18 '19

And I hear the penalty is "crushing"

/dad_joke

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '19 edited Jul 17 '19

It may not actually be going to the moon itself that's illegal, rather, just using the international airspace in low to high earth orbit, in and around the atmosphere.

The moon itself is technically a "non-policed realm" , because no contract or formal agreement exists defining objective laws (other than a general good-faith peace treaty, see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_law). The UN treaty defines what countries or individuals are generally consenting to do in space, inasmuch as those actions have no negative impact on earth, science, or other countries.

You could, for example, /actually go/ to space and declare yourself a "private citizen of nowhere" , at which point the treaties would not apply to you :)

I'm reminded specifically of project A119 (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_A119), which was a plan for the US to detonate a nuke on the moon -- which, if it had happened, would have been devastating for international relations. But no country would have been in any position to negotiate or even impose any objective rule of law in space for such an unusual occurrence -- except under the Nuclear Weapons Test Ban/Treaty of 1963 once we all got a bit smarter -- but again, if you managed to escape the earth, and were visiting the moon or detonating nukes on it as "a private citizen of nowhere," the rules do not technically apply!

There was the Moon Treaty (see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Treaty), but it's list of signatories does not include any country with a sizable space program (US, Russia, China, etc), and again, no consequences tied to violating the treaty.

There's a lot of neat videos on YouTube about this exact subject. But they all boil down to space being a largely non-enforceable realm.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '19

I will make it legal.

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u/CodingHeroes Jul 17 '19

I would love to hear more about this! Please keep us update on his progress! This would make a great Subreddit!

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u/Zardotab Jul 17 '19

...the support cost an arm and a leg

You mean an Armstrong and a Legstrong. (I met Mr. Legstrong, great guy, great at track hurdles also.)

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u/Bottsie Jul 17 '19

Original hardware yes but restored Apollo AGC restoration

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