The Apollo Saturn V LVDC circuit board

Mixed feelings... On the one hand, fascinating to see the guts of these circuits revealed, on the other that&#x27;s destruction on a level that makes me cringe. I know that she got the board with the specific instructions to destroy it so I guess she lived up to the promise but taking a chisel to these bugs me in a way that is hard to put to words.<p>I guess there is no way back on that one.

This is why I love HN, every so often we run across a link like this where someone is toiling away with just the most fascinating work, often for just the shear love of the technology. By the way, if you go up to the home page, there are many more interesting gems from Fran.

Since it&#x27;s not explicitly stated until near the end of the very long page, the LVDC was the Saturn V rocket&#x27;s Launch Vehicle Digital Computer. More details at [1].<p>[1] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Launch_Vehicle_Digital_Computer" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Saturn_Launch_Vehicle_Digital_C...</a>