As the Project Apollo-enthusiasts and NASA-buffs would already be aware, the computer source code for Apollo-11 Moon mission is now available on GitHub. The software, code-named as "Colossus 2A" was already in public domain, courtesy of NASA, but now it would be more accessible to all the nerds, who have already started dissecting it.
Here's the URL:
https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11
A quick glance reveals that the programmers writing this historic piece of software had a great sense of humour. The program that controlled main rocket sequence was written in a file named as: BURN_BABY_BURN--MASTER_IGNITION_ROUTINE.s
At another place, the code comments have a paragraph from Shakespeare.
And, the line #666 is identified as “NUMERO MYSTERIOSO”.
