Distilled: Apollo 11 Explained - The 400,000 Management Feat & Lunar Dust Toxicity
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Distilled: Apollo 11 Explained - The 400,000 Management Feat & Lunar Dust Toxicity
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You’ve heard the story of the astronauts. But you probably haven’t heard the story of the 400,000 people, the hand-woven software, and the management revolution that actually got them there.
In this episode of Distilled, we decode Charles Fishman’s One Giant Leap to reveal how the Apollo program didn't just land on the Moon—it invented the modern digital world. From the "Little Old Ladies" who wove the guidance computer's memory by hand to the bras-turned-spacesuits, we explore the impossible engineering behind the history.
Then, we pivot to the hard science. We look at the raw Assembly code of the Apollo Guidance Computer to debunk the myth of the "1202 Alarm" and analyze a 2025 study on lunar dust toxicology that changes how we think about future bases on the Moon.
🎧 About Distilled: We blend Pop Science with Hard Science. Every week, we take a fascinating non-fiction book, summarize its core message, and cross-reference it with the latest academic literature. No fluff. Just the essence.
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