What Happens When Scientists Work With Unexpected Experts
In the 1960s, NASA’s engineers were building the Apollo spacecraft. But they ran into a major problem that almost prevented them from getting to the moon. To solve it, they brought in some unexpected help: expert weavers.
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Show Notes
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
- Core Rope Memory: a type of read-only memory (ROM) that was used in the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC).
- Transdisciplinary: an approach that integrates knowledge and perspectives from various disciplines and sectors, including non-academic stakeholders, to address complex real-world problems.
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