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21st January 2023 - Link Blog

Inside the Globus INK: a mechanical navigation computer for Soviet spaceflight (via) Absolutely beautiful piece of Soviet spacecraft engineering, explained in detail by Ken Shirriff.

Posted 21st January 2023 at 7:53 pm

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