Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Date: 23 Mar 2026 03:35:09 GMT Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <3uGdnZtryc8c6yf0nZ2dnZfqnPqdnZ2d@giganews.com> <3vu59mxmrn.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 25hiX3zN4swk+P9GUP1O8QhNA2Zkw6uoT0f9DUVoDSVIh5xz3+ Cancel-Lock: sha1:jt5DnNp/eqO2979o/KwX+3Acl9s= sha256:9RZwGFgaIIbOjW9xvmbpDZXtbEXjVmltlFch//hYRb8= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:83758 On Sun, 22 Mar 2026 21:10:43 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote: > Yes. But I'm sure that the landing computer got the altitude reading > directly from the radar, it did not have to be typed in. Things like > that that a general purpose computer doesn't do. https://github.com/fortran-gaming/lunar-lander-1969 https://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~storer/LunarLander/LunarLander.html In the original you controlled the thrust at 10 second intervals based on the speed and altitude. Crash into the moon - lose. Run out of fuel - lose. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakuto-R_Mission_2 "On 5 June 2025, the lander failed to complete its landing, impacting the lunar surface.[19] On 24 June 2025, the company released a technical analysis identifying an anomaly in the Laser Range Finder (LRF) as the cause of the hard landing."