The Code that took Astronauts to the Moon is full of Comedy and Heroism

MIT’s brightest engineers didn’t lose their sense of humor when taking us to the moon

No astronaut launches for space with their fingers crossed.

Chris Hadfield.

I’m pretty sure Chris Hadfield didn’t read the code in the space computers before saying that.

This is part of the code that controlled the Apollo Guidance Computer:

Funny comments in the code that took humanity to space.

The original code is public on GitHub, and modern programmers have discovered a lot of funny comments and very smart routines that saved the lives of Astronauts.

Fasten your belt and come with me to discover what was it like to program the machine that took humanity to its more dangerous and adventurous trip.

Apollo Astronauts waiting to takeoff. Credit: NASA.

We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.

President John F. Kennedy. Moon Speech.