Re:A computer engineer has tracked down the first Apollo gui...
by MichaelMoser123 on Saturday September 03, 2016 @10:59PM
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i think the first digital one was the D-17B, that was the guidance system of the Minuteman ICBM. Wikipedia says it used transistors so that it was a minicomputer, don't know if it had integrated circuits by 1966.
The Soviet R7 ICBM used a guidance system with tubes so that it was larger - that was a major reason why they needed a bigger missile; and that one would eventually take man to space.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-17B
The Soviet R7 ICBM used a guidance system with tubes so that it was larger - that was a major reason why they needed a bigger missile; and that one would eventually take man to space.
The v2 had a gyroscopic a guidance system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj2QVgfyXik