Comment by jihadjihad
20 hours ago
> we all had calculators in our pocket that were more powerful than the computers that put people on the moon.
Pencils and slide rules are what got us to the moon, and back to Earth. Pencils and slide rules.
20 hours ago
> we all had calculators in our pocket that were more powerful than the computers that put people on the moon.
Pencils and slide rules are what got us to the moon, and back to Earth. Pencils and slide rules.
Yes, but also very early microchips!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
And “computers,” the people kind.