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Interesting Fact
May 7, 2024 09:43:21 #
How does the computing power of your smartphone compare to the guidance computer aboard the 1969 Apollo 11 lunar module? Is a smartphone … A.) About as powerful, B.) 120 times more powerful, C) 12,000 times more powerful or D.) 120,000 times more powerful? Scroll to end...
Modern smartphones have about 120,000 times the processing power of the computer that landed on the moon in 1969. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon, while Michael Collins orbited overhead in the command module.
Modern smartphones have about 120,000 times the processing power of the computer that landed on the moon in 1969. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon, while Michael Collins orbited overhead in the command module.
May 7, 2024 10:22:03 #
FrumCA wrote:
Modern smartphones have about 120,000 times the processing power of the computer that landed on the moon in 1969. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon, while Michael Collins orbited overhead in the command module.
Modern smartphones have about 120,000 times the processing power of the computer that landed on the moon in 1969. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon, while Michael Collins orbited overhead in the command module.
If their computers worked as good as our smartphones, they would never have made it.
May 7, 2024 10:48:37 #
At least the astronauts didn't get all the spam on their computer.
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May 7, 2024 11:28:30 #
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DirtFarmer wrote:
At least the astronauts didn't get all the spam on their computer.
Didn't they get SPAM in tin cans back then? (I hear it was a Treet!) 😂🤣😂🤣
May 7, 2024 11:50:28 #
RiJoRi wrote:
Didn't they get SPAM in tin cans back then? (I hear it was a Treet!) 😂🤣😂🤣
And they came with a key to open the can
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May 7, 2024 14:08:47 #
I can just hear Mission Control screaming when the computer decided to download the latest upgrade during a critical time in the flight.
May 7, 2024 17:23:45 #
FrumCA wrote:
Excellent fact to point out. How does the computing power of your smartphone co... (show quote)
I worked in this world and I am still amazed at how far and how fast technology has advanced.
The Apollo Guidance Computer was quite primitive by today's standards.
Todays cell phones are thousands of times faster, with inconceivable amounts of memory, when compared to it.
Plus, it is all running on one chip, powered by a battery the size of two saltine crackers.
Your Mobile Phone vs. Apollo 11's Guidance Computer
May 7, 2024 18:47:10 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
At least the astronauts didn't get all the spam on their computer.
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May 8, 2024 07:10:55 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
At least the astronauts didn't get all the spam on their computer.
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May 8, 2024 08:09:14 #
BigDaddy wrote:
If their computers worked as good as our smartphones, they would never have made it.
It seems to me that the effectiveness of a smartphone depends on the user. In the hands of some people, I think the smartphone is just short of a super computer, with others it's little better than a boat anchor.
May 8, 2024 09:46:19 #
mikee wrote:
I can just hear Mission Control screaming when the computer decided to download the latest upgrade during a critical time in the flight.
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