From WSJopinion: For careers, goals and life, I like the '1202' lesson from the Apollo 11 mission: Ignore confusing signals telling you to stop, writes AndyKessler
Fifty years ago this Saturday, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were 30,000 feet above the moon and descending in the lunar module.
Behind their seats was the 70-pound Apollo Guidance Computer, with 2,800 Fairchild Semiconductor integrated circuits, each containing two logic gates and running at a speed of 43 kilohertz. It was programmed for the physics of a lunar landing, able to read data like speed, angle, altitude and fuel remaining. But a warning horn sounded. Mr. Aldrin typed 5-9-Enter on a...
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