Hero coder finds bug in Lunar Lander after 55 years—'I suspect everybody else was just happy to play the game and have fun'

Apollo 11 touched down on the moon's surface on July 20, 1969, an achievement for all humankind that put a full stop on the first iteration of the space race. Neil Armstrong stepped into history as the globe watched and among the millions in awe was 17 year-old schoolboy Jim Storer. 

Based in Massachusetts and with a considerable grounding in mathematics, thanks partly to his physicist father, Storer was inspired by the very concept of a moon landing: the precise calculations and control...