@puppygirlhornypost @lexd0g

Those NASA scientists used the biggest computers they could so that they could make the smallest computers they could.

Here's what state-of-the-art computer technology looked like in the 1960s:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer

(In 2019, I was lucky enough to help out on a restoration project to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing. I designed a PCB that attached to the AGC's spacecraft connector. Afterward, I also got to meet Margaret Hamilton, who is pictured on the wiki page.)

Apollo Guidance Computer - Wikipedia

@johnlogic @puppygirlhornypost that's so cool god damn

@lexd0g @puppygirlhornypost

By the way, it was 55 years ago today that the Apollo Guidance Computer first got people to the Moon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11

Apollo 11 - Wikipedia

@lexd0g @puppygirlhornypost

Attempting to land on the Moon 55 years ago today, the Soviet robotic landing craft Luna 15 failed and crashed only about 554 kilometres (344 mi) from Apollo 11

WHILE ASTRONAUTS ARMSTRONG AND ALDRIN WERE STILL THERE!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_15

Luna 15 - Wikipedia