Sergey Nivens – inventory.adobe.com
On this week’s episode of the Pc Weekly Downtime Add podcast, Cliff Saran stands in for Caroline Donnelly to speak Brian McKenna and Clare McDonald via the know-how that made the primary Moon touchdown attainable. On the 50th anniversary of man touchdown on the Moon, Cliff tells the group concerning the know-how concerned, in addition to different tech-based area adventures.
The group talk about Cliff’s fashionable 2009 article “Apollo 11: The computer systems that put man on the Moon” in addition to Pc Weekly’s protection of the Moon touchdown over time as every anniversary passes.
The group mulls over whether or not there are animals on the Worldwide Area Station, and talk about the assorted furry associates which have visited the good past.
Brian fills Clare and Cliff in on a few of the “different facet” of the area race, sharing an excerpt from David Aaronovitch’s memoir Social gathering animals: My household and different communists.
Cliff talks bugs, error messages and the longevity of area software program, which frequently must be secure and settle for updates for about 20 years as makes its journey to distant planets.
Clare and Brian spherical off a few of the different information tales coated by Pc Weekly lately, together with Alan Turing being chosen because the face of the brand new £50 be aware, and DCMS’s ruling on Huawei.
The group conclude with a snippet from a speech by British cosmonaut Helen Sharman, who shares a narrative about area software program going unsuitable.
