Apollo 13: America’s First Galactic Hackathon

A preview of the 2013 SxSW Interactive presentation by Nicholas Skytland / NASA titled "Apollo 13: America’s First Galactic Hackathon".

Transcript

1. Apollo XIII America’s First Galactic Hackathon
2. It was April of 1970. Apollo 13 was going to be the third space mission to land on the moon.
3. But on its way, nearly two hundred thousand miles from home and hours away from landing on the Moon, an explosion occurred on the spacecraft that changed history.
4. Teams in Mission Control had to respond quickly to save the crew - and hopefully the mission.  
5. Although some of the most brilliant minds in the country were working on these problems, with so many factors that could go wrong, many felt the crew would not be coming home.
6. 10 Some observers gave the crew a chance of survival. in   1
7. The mission was not easy…
8. they had limited time, the conditions were miserable, there was little to no sleep, and still everyone contributed what they could.
9. If they had Red Bull, they would have consumed many cases.
10. In the end, against all odds, collaborative teams of engineers, developers and subject matter experts invented the technology that was used to return the crew safely to earth!
11. Apollo XIII was America’s first galactic hackathon!
12. Join us at SxSWi 2013 for a discussion about America’s first galactic hackathon and explore the leadership lessons from Apollo’s successful failure. Please VOTE for us!