First Hole Astronomy

An astronomy night at Maleny Golf Club. The first hole to the Moon is a doozy. Par 3, and that's only if you're a Saturn V rocket.

Memory, What Memory?

This is a photo of the Memory Module used on the Saturn V launch rocket. The module on the left has 14 of the memory 'array chips' on the right. The thing is, each of those ferrite core wire arrays only has 1024 bits of memory available. That's just one kilobyte - and it's about the size of my phone. Technology has come a long way in just 50 years, imagine what the next 50 will bring.

Monkey Puzzle Moon

The Moon behind a Monkey Puzzle Pine (Araucaria araucana). Indeed it was a puzzle for us monkeys to get there and walk on the Moon. We solved that puzzle exactly 50 years ago today with the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket.