> The first operational (read actually worked) ballistic rocket (read leaves
> the atmosphere and returns) was of course the German V2, which was built
by
> Von Braun and many others.  The guidance was a tube circuit that mixed
(they
> called it a mixing circuit) the gyro and vane position signals and
generated
> servo signals for positioning the vanes.  I bet that we can get that to
work
> with a PIC.

I recall reading an article about a planned amateur space
launch.  The engineer interviewed said that they had found
all kinds of uses for Basic Stamps in the project.  I don't
remember if they were using them on-board or not.

And wasn't there a segment on The Muppet Show called,
"PICs in Space?" (sorry)

  -greg