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Slide rule use in space
05-10-2016, 07:36 PM
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RE: Slide rule use in space
(05-06-2016 04:03 PM)Accutron Wrote:  Gordon Cooper had to manually calculate everything with a Bulova Accutron Astronaut 214 wristwatch and a circa 1949 Keuffel & Esser slide rule, and pilot the capsule manually. It was the most accurate splashdown in the whole Mercury program, landing about four miles from the recovery ship.

Today I learned that wristwatches come with sliderules
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Slide rule use in space - 4ster - 05-06-2016, 01:59 PM
RE: Slide rule use in space - rprosperi - 05-08-2016, 11:13 PM
RE: Slide rule use in space - BruceH - 05-10-2016, 08:18 PM
RE: Slide rule use in space - Accutron - 05-06-2016, 04:03 PM
RE: Slide rule use in space - d b - 05-07-2016, 04:01 AM
RE: Slide rule use in space - 4ster - 05-09-2016, 04:56 PM
RE: Slide rule use in space - brianddk - 05-10-2016 07:36 PM
RE: Slide rule use in space - Garth Wilson - 05-10-2016, 12:30 AM
RE: Slide rule use in space - StephenG1CMZ - 05-15-2016, 07:09 AM
RE: Slide rule use in space - 4ster - 05-11-2016, 01:48 PM



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