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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program#Legacy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program#Legacy > Apollo stimulated many areas of technology. The fligh
by mblakele 12y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program#Legacy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program#Legacy
> Apollo stimulated many areas of technology. The flight computer design used in both the lunar and command modules was, along with the Minuteman Missile System, the driving force behind early research into integrated circuits. Computer-controlled machining was first used in the fabrication of Apollo structural components.
See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_spin-off_technologies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_spin-off_technologies
- eru 12y agoOk. I guess I'd have to make a more nuanced argument that the same amount of money would have gone further in terms of advances somewhere else.