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There is a simulator of the computer used on the Apollo missions here :
http://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/ Running that with some description of
it's relative power to today's machines would be insightful.

Another thing to think about is a 'you fly the lunar lander' type
simulation - you can use any of the available lunar lander programs -
some are quite simple (like the arcade game _way_ back when) and some
are full 3-D simulations of the whole Eagle mission.

*Brian

> Hi All,
>
> I am thinking about creating a cart interpretation related to the  
> 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.  Basically, I want to  
> give visitors an appreciation for how hard it was to get a man on  
> the moon, especially given the available technology.   
> Unfortunately, I am one of those people who were born after the  
> Apollo program ended, and don't have direct experience of this  
> amazing accomplishment in human history.
>
> One of my favorites scenes from the movie Apollo 13 is when the  
> engineers have to calculate the return trajectory, and they all  
> whip out slide rules!  It blows my mind to realize that we sent  
> people 240,000 miles away but didn't have the computing power to  
> figure out sines and cosines!
>
> One idea I have is to have examples of everyday items from 1969 and  
> compare them to what's available today.  It should be fun to see  
> the differences between telephones, cameras and portable music  
> players.
> I would love to hear others' input on what might work as a cart  
> interpretation and what other interpretations/activities people are  
> doing around this anniversary.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Nina
>
> -- 
> Nina Nolan
> Coordinator of Exhibit Hall Interpretation
> Museum of Science
> Science Park
> Boston MA 02114-1099
> (617) 589-0356 (ph)
> (617) 589-0389 (fax)
>
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