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February 2019
Club Meeting – Lynn Liebschutz, Saturn V Computer
The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing is approaching! This is our first Apollo-related tech talk! At IBM, Lynn Liebschutz worked on the navigational computer that controlled the launch of NASA's three-stage Saturn V launch vehicle. We'll be hearing about this radiation-hard, highly reliable computing system, and Lynn probably will mention earlier projects, such as a wirelessly communicating computer system for the National Bureau of Standards.
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