kens
Author here for your mechanical computer questions...

P.S. there are two more parts to the series, going into more details on the Globus, explaining the circuitry and the "algorithms": https://www.righto.com/2023/03/reverse-engineering-electroni... https://www.righto.com/2023/03/reverse-engineering-globus-in...

harywilke
Read a very interesting book on the space race from the soviet side. One of the things that stood out was the lack of solid state transistor technology meant that they were using tube transistors in their space craft. This was one of the reasons they had problems doing spacewalks. They couldn't expose the interior of their capsules to space or the electronics would go pop. The Wrong Stuff How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned by John strausbaugh https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-strausbaugh/th...
thrownawaysz
Dumb question: How do you jam a device like this? Is it even possible? Example: you want them to land at an incorrect location or doing more orbits than planned
neuralRiot
I always found mechanical calculators fascinating, here’s an article with a video explanation about the MK1 navy fire control computer. https://hackaday.com/2014/10/28/retrotechtacular-fire-contro...
LetsGetTechnicl
Whether or not its technically inferior to American space technology at the time, you have to admire the ingenuity.
richrichie
Mechanical computers are still used onboard Russian warships. These are meant to function under EMP attacks.
philistine
Imagine going to space using gears moving a pin on a globe.
hintymad
Ha, the similar technology that Eridians used to launch Rocky's blip-A.
rbanffy
Now we need one on the Apollo 8 ball.
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