Apollo's Forgotten Computer - The LVDC

Video Description

Although the Apollo missions had much less computing power than a modern smart-phone the computers used where essential to getting it done Although many think it was the Apollo Guidance Computer or AGC that did everything there was another, the Launch Vehicle Digital Computer or LVDC. This controlled and flew the Saturn and was used right up until the vehicle reached the moon, in this video we look at the forgotten Apollo computer. In case you want a few more details on the LVDC and the launch guidance system the NASA document I used in the video is here https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19700023342.pdf Patreon https://www.patreon.com/curiousdroid Paypal.me : https://www.paypal.me/curiousdroid Sponsored by Craig Fleming, Florian Hesse, Peter Barber Also : Alan Johns Allan Versaevel Alok G Singh Andrew SMITH Chad Mellor Cody Belichesky Collin Copfer Daniel Suarez Daniele Noacco David Stevens Doogymoogy Franc Giacomo Catenazzi Henri Saussure Jared Swanson Johan Rombaut john edwards Jonathan Merage Jorn Magnus Karlsen Kevin Hinnen LagMonster Lorne Diebel László Antal Matthew MacKenzie Michael Koeneke Mitchel J. Mullin II P.S. Prashanth Ruthala Rodney Moore Romeo Croce SHAMIR Sk1er stefan hufenbach Thomas Branch Vincent Walt Dennig And a big thank you to all our other Patreon supporters. Presented by Paul Shillito Written and Researched by Paul Shillito Images and Footage: NASA, IBM, iCollector.com Music From the Youtube library Oceans, Rivers, Canyons by ELPHNT Beyond the Lows by The Whole Other Marianas by Quincas Moreira Float by Emily A. Sprague Rain Cloud Music by Emily A. Sprague Dreamer by DivKid