alt Hacker NewsThe device has a spiral search mechanism to find the star. Then it locked onto the star and automatically tracked it. So this was unlike the Apollo star tracker where the astronaut has to manually aim at the star.
The device has a spiral search mechanism to find the star. Then it locked onto the star and automatically tracked it. So this was unlike the Apollo star tracker where the astronaut has to manually aim at the star.
Thanks, I was looking through the article for exactly that. Does it lock on to a configuration of stars?
Really curious how they did this mechanically.