There are two possible conclusion to that : the first is that we suck at programming. The second is that what we think is easier to do (today's programs vs cont

There are two possible conclusion to that : the first is that we suck at programming. The second is that what we think is easier to do (today's programs vs controlling moon mission) is actually not. Maybe a lot of what those computers were doing were just raw computations, much like a DSP, to control trajectories, and nothing more. Something like a big calculators, with some networking capabilities to receive and send a few sets of instructions.