The Nerdy Sixty | (12/60) Burn Baby Burn | Solution

In the Apollo 11 guidance computer code (now on GitHub), there’s a routine named after a song lyric “Burn_Baby_Burn.” What is this code, and what does it refer to?

Hint 1: The Apollo guidance code was filled with jokes. One routine name quotes a famous disco song.

Hint 2: Look in the AGC source code for the ignition sequence name (think “Disco Inferno” lyric).

Solution:

The Apollo 11 source code on GitHub includes a section called `BURN_BABY_BURN–MASTER_IGNITION_ROUTINE`. It’s the code for the master ignition, humorously named after the lyric “Burn, baby, burn.”