"We've come a long way"  

I'm Roger from Yerington, Nevada. I worked on the RV (Re-entry Vehicle) heat shield for pre-Apollo missions with AVCO (1960s) and with Sanders Associates on Apollo Eleven. We built the laser reflector and portions of the LSS (Life Support System) for Apollo. I've also done some testing for Military Loran C as well. Wow, we've certainly come a long ways, haven't we? The GNS 430 is a long ways from what we saw with the Motorola 2N2222 transistor. Keep on navigating!

R.A.