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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode
Apollo technology from the 60s seems like magic today.

Especially how they were able to do it all using slide rules and room sized super computers with far less computational power than any smartphone.

137 posted on 08/16/2016 6:01:50 AM PDT by kennedy (No relation to those other Kennedys.)
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To: kennedy

My dad taught me how to use a slide rule. They were so awesome before computers. We have come such a long way in such a short time.


139 posted on 08/16/2016 1:17:37 PM PDT by Slip18
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