* Astronomy

With 200 Old Macs To Track Asteroids, An Astronomer Reflects On Steve Jobs

Surrounded by 200 vintage Macintosh computers that helped him generate a gazillion calculations about a gaggle of asteroids, Bill Zielenbach reflected Thursday on how Steve Jobs earned his reputation as a visionary long before iPods, iPads and iPhones came along.
Zielenbach, a rocket scientist turned printing executive has Jobs and Apple to thank for helping him shed light on a tiny corner of the universe: the asteroid belt that floats between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
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