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Re: If we can put a man on the moon...
« Reply #15 on: September 08, 2006, 06:05:53 PM »
Thanks for the brilliant responses.  But I'm still skeptical.  When I watched that lunar landing, I was 9, and I remember we were still watching black and white television.  The lack of computing power at that time alone is what makes me remain skeptical.
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Re: If we can put a man on the moon...
« Reply #16 on: September 08, 2006, 06:23:46 PM »
To get to the moon, a computer really has very little to do.  Adjusting the jet nozzles 10 times a second or so was well within the capabilities, and there was no need for gigabytes of maps and the like; once the pod was on it's way, it could hardly get lost.  The environmental controls and so on would be seen to at the hardware level by their own independent systems, so it's not like the computer would need to coordinate 1000 different subsystems.
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Re: If we can put a man on the moon...
« Reply #17 on: September 08, 2006, 09:44:30 PM »
Shit, people can't even get to the mall without their cell phones any more, I can't imagine any device getting to the moon without a computer.
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Re: If we can put a man on the moon...
« Reply #18 on: September 08, 2006, 10:00:47 PM »
Quote from: Triste on September 08, 2006, 09:44:30 PM
Shit, people can't even get to the mall without their cell phones any more, I can't imagine any device getting to the moon without a computer.
We got there with horse power very powerful rockets.
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Re: If we can put a man on the moon...
« Reply #19 on: September 08, 2006, 10:02:38 PM »
We went to the moon. In 1969.
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Re: If we can put a man on the moon...
« Reply #20 on: September 08, 2006, 10:08:44 PM »
Quote from: QuirkyCarla on September 08, 2006, 10:02:38 PM
We went to the moon. In 1969.
That is right.
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Re: If we can put a man on the moon...
« Reply #21 on: September 08, 2006, 10:09:04 PM »
*hugs kevv*
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Re: If we can put a man on the moon...
« Reply #22 on: September 08, 2006, 10:55:18 PM »
Quote from: QuirkyCarla on September 08, 2006, 10:09:04 PM
*hugs kevv*
hug Me not deary a fact is a fact.
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Re: If we can put a man on the moon...
« Reply #23 on: September 08, 2006, 10:56:31 PM »
i know

i just feel like hugging people
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Re: If we can put a man on the moon...
« Reply #24 on: September 09, 2006, 01:39:59 AM »
and Kevv is very huggable! *hugs Kevv also*

group hug!!! TELLYTUBBIES!!!
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Re: If we can put a man on the moon...
« Reply #25 on: September 09, 2006, 01:43:40 PM »
Oh good tellytubbies. :laugh:
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Re: If we can put a man on the moon...
« Reply #26 on: September 09, 2006, 01:50:41 PM »
I figure that nasa can't put a man on the moon now because it is incredibly clear what a waste of money it is, when it was important to the country that they prove to themselves that they have a bigger technology dick than the russians, i bet their funding was a lot more impressive.
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