[HN Gopher] The Globus INK: a mechanical navigation computer for...
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The Globus INK: a mechanical navigation computer for Soviet
spaceflight
Author : dangle1
Score : 144 points
Date : 2024-10-05 13:16 UTC (9 hours ago)
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| kens wrote:
| Author here for your mechanical computer questions...
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| P.S. there are two more parts to the series, going into more
| details on the Globus, explaining the circuitry and the
| "algorithms": https://www.righto.com/2023/03/reverse-engineering-
| electroni... https://www.righto.com/2023/03/reverse-engineering-
| globus-in...
| philistine wrote:
| Imagine going to space using gears moving a pin on a globe.
| varjag wrote:
| Imagine going to space by lighting up rocket engines with giant
| matches:
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| https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a19966/russia...
| haunter wrote:
| CuriousMarc has a 3 part video about restoring one, worth a watch
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmHaCQ8Ul6E
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP5dfjxdkQ4
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG29HrU6Slw
| hintymad wrote:
| Ha, the similar technology that Eridians used to launch Rocky's
| blip-A.
| rbanffy wrote:
| Now we need one on the Apollo 8 ball.
| kens wrote:
| As soon as someone loans us an FDAI...
| harywilke wrote:
| Read a very interesting book on the space race from the soviet
| side. One of the things that stood out was the lack of solid
| state transistor technology meant that they were using tube
| transistors in their space craft. This was one of the reasons
| they had problems doing spacewalks. They couldn't expose the
| interior of their capsules to space or the electronics would go
| pop. The Wrong Stuff How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and
| Burned by John strausbaugh
| https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-strausbaugh/th...
| izacus wrote:
| The title itself should tell you that the book is there to
| sensationalize and grind an axe, not to actually provide any
| historical accuracy.
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| And yep, the author didn't even bother to use primary sources:
| https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4851/1
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| It's like recommending a book about Apollo program written by
| Russians without reading any US documentation.
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| If there has to be a western author, James Harford's Korolev
| biography is a better put together look into Soviet space
| program and actually has some proper academic reviews.
| kens wrote:
| I read "Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to
| Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space" and found it very
| interesting. It is a detailed history of the early Soviet
| space program and Yuri Gagarin's flight.
| MrBuddyCasino wrote:
| Why would a vacuum tube ,,pop" when exposed to vacuum?
| dmix wrote:
| probably because the vacuum of space is way more extreme than
| inside the tube which would cause pressure on the seals
| bgnn wrote:
| that's bullshit. vacuum tubes are used in spacecraft by NASA
| too. it's likely they are still used. they don't pop in vacuum.
| plus they're more radiation resistant thwn transistors.
| LetsGetTechnicl wrote:
| Whether or not its technically inferior to American space
| technology at the time, you have to admire the ingenuity.
| neuralRiot wrote:
| I always found mechanical calculators fascinating, here's an
| article with a video explanation about the MK1 navy fire control
| computer. https://hackaday.com/2014/10/28/retrotechtacular-fire-
| contro...
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