[Viking2002]

Just remember: your average PDA has more total computing power than every computer system on an Apollo launch vehicle. And that includes the command and lunar modules. Yet, 35 years later, we're still farting around in low Earth orbit.

There's a conspiracy theory for you to chew on.

[Petronski]

Yeah, that is spooky.


When I say "enough computing power to run a space program," I'm talking about the craft AND ground control.

[ikka]

If you read between the lines of Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" it would be quite clear why we are still messing around in LEO.

[Nowhere Man]

Just remember: your average PDA has more total computing power than every computer system on an Apollo launch vehicle. And that includes the command and lunar modules. Yet, 35 years later, we're still farting around in low Earth orbit.

There's a conspiracy theory for you to chew on.

Yeah, makes ya wonder. I once heard a comparison that the entire computering power of NASA during the Gemini era is the equivalent of an Apple ][ computer.