g_v_bw_o_AKP (ca. 1965-67, unnumbered prob. IBM photo)
“NASA’s Gemini is the first manned spacecraft with a computer on board. This artist’s concept shows how the IBM computer helps astronauts during a mission. Drawing at upper left: the 59-pound computer backs up the primary radio system that steers the Gemin/Titan-II into earth orbit. Top middle and right: on the way to link up with another object in space, the astronauts use navigation information furnished by the computer to steer their craft in its complex track. Lower left: the crew about to dock in space after the computer, using radar data, has guided the Gemini into position. In the lower right, the Gemini is returning to earth with the computers now issuing signals automatically to steer the planned return trajectory.”
An unexpected WIN! I assume an early/earlier & possibly rarely seen work by Douglas Chaffee, then employed by IBM.
I feel like a dumb-ass, I was clueless WRT Mr. Chaffee, nor his vast, varied & accomplished works…WOW:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Chaffee
Credit: Wikipedia
Although date stamped “OCT 13 1967”, the wording of the description is much more commensurate with either prior to, or during the Gemini Program, not after.
history.nasa.gov/computers/Ch1-2.html
history.nasa.gov/computers/Ch1-5.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_Guidance_Computer
Credit: Wikipedia
g_v_bw_o_AKP (ca. 1965-67, unnumbered prob. IBM photo)
“NASA’s Gemini is the first manned spacecraft with a computer on board. This artist’s concept shows how the IBM computer helps astronauts during a mission. Drawing at upper left: the 59-pound computer backs up the primary radio system that steers the Gemin/Titan-II into earth orbit. Top middle and right: on the way to link up with another object in space, the astronauts use navigation information furnished by the computer to steer their craft in its complex track. Lower left: the crew about to dock in space after the computer, using radar data, has guided the Gemini into position. In the lower right, the Gemini is returning to earth with the computers now issuing signals automatically to steer the planned return trajectory.”
An unexpected WIN! I assume an early/earlier & possibly rarely seen work by Douglas Chaffee, then employed by IBM.
I feel like a dumb-ass, I was clueless WRT Mr. Chaffee, nor his vast, varied & accomplished works…WOW:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Chaffee
Credit: Wikipedia
Although date stamped “OCT 13 1967”, the wording of the description is much more commensurate with either prior to, or during the Gemini Program, not after.
history.nasa.gov/computers/Ch1-2.html
history.nasa.gov/computers/Ch1-5.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_Guidance_Computer
Credit: Wikipedia