Slide rule use in space

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(05-06-2016 04:03 PM)Accutron Wrote:  Faith 7 (Mercury-Atlas 9) lost altitude readings on the 20th orbit, and lost power to the automatic stabilization and control system on the 21st orbit. Gordon Cooper had to manually calculate everything with a Bulova Accutron Astronaut 214 wristwatch and a circa 1949 Keuffel & Esser slide rule, and pilot the capsule manually. It was the most accurate splashdown in the whole Mercury program, landing about four miles from the recovery ship.

This is the most inspiring story I have heard in a while. Thanks.
When tales of explorers and adventurers end with "he left clicked to run the app and saved the day"; the human race will have went down the drain.