Is this a spelling typo?

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Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer (AGC) source code for the command and lunar modules.

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Is this a spelling typo? #913

Closed mykeTheArchAngel closed 2 months ago

mykeTheArchAngel commented 2 months ago

This file called attitude_maneuver_routine.agc , isn't it supposed to be altitude_maneuver_routine.agc instead or am I missing something here?

tommairs commented 2 months ago

I am fairly certain the file name is correct. "KALCMANU IS A ROUTINE WHICH GENERATES COMMANDS FOR THE LM DAP TO CHANGE THE ATTITUDE OF THE SPACECRAFT DURING FREE FALL. "

wopian commented 2 months ago

They're very similar words but they refer to different things! 😊

Altitude is distance to sea level

Attitude is the orientation of an aircraft/spacecraft (pitch/roll/yaw)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacecraft_attitude_control

mykeTheArchAngel commented 2 months ago

Thank you for enlightening me on this. Sorry for coming off as ignorant @wopian @tommairs.

wopian commented 2 months ago

You didn't come off as ignorant!