OT: Apollo guidance computer

[John Rumm]

Na, just me being obtuse (although also factual)

[Graham.]

There would have been a whoosh if they had hit the abort switch.

[mechanic]

Great links, thanks! I like the idea of the guy buying two tons of misc junk and working out that it contained an early prototype of this AGC hardware. Very DIY!

[whisky-dave]

No one can hear a whoosh in space.

[Andrew]

And Neil had to stick his biro in the whoosh swish after Aldrin snapped it off while exitting the LEM.

[Pamela]

How long after the mission was that detail revealed?