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<blockquote data-quote="BigPoppa" data-source="post: 16375955" data-attributes="member: 177587"><p>Well, almost.</p><p></p><p>The AGC program was written using metric units and performed all calculations in metric. It simply converted everything to SI for the astronauts to read and enter the flight data.</p><p></p><p>This was simply because it was easier to code the physics calculations using metric and therefore used less code which was necessary as the code was stored in core rope memory.</p><p></p><p>If you are into that sort of thing, there is a series of videos on YouTube where a team of engineers rebuilt an original AGC, including the DSKY, for the anniversary last year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigPoppa, post: 16375955, member: 177587"] Well, almost. The AGC program was written using metric units and performed all calculations in metric. It simply converted everything to SI for the astronauts to read and enter the flight data. This was simply because it was easier to code the physics calculations using metric and therefore used less code which was necessary as the code was stored in core rope memory. If you are into that sort of thing, there is a series of videos on YouTube where a team of engineers rebuilt an original AGC, including the DSKY, for the anniversary last year. [/QUOTE]
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