44 years ago today

[rdking647]

the greatest technical achievement in human history

[niyad]

1. you would think there would have been a google doodle for this

[Cooley Hurd]

3. Perhaps at 45?

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Last night, I watched a documentary on the Smithsonian Channel about Apollo 13

...it reminded me how AWESOME NASA is.

I'm a bit young to remember the event (@ 47) but I certainly remember Apollo 14-17. I remember sitting in front of the Radiation King color TV in the family room watching John Chancellor narrate the wonder unfolding in front of me.

[niyad]

5. I remember exactly where I was sitting, glued to the box, watching this. as a dedicated sci-fi

fan, I was hoping that this would mark the beginning of so many wonderful things..

[yellowcanine]

4. "the greatest technical achievement in human history"

It was a great technical achievement, yes, but so is gene splicing. I am not sure it is useful to try to single moments of technical achievement, particularly since all such moments rest squarely on the previous achievements, many of which were clearly greater leaps at the time.

[rdking647]

6. all done with a computer less powerful than a calculaton

2k of ram
34k of rom

2 mhz clock frequency

[Ilsa]

8. Hey. Slide rules rule! nt

[markiv]

7. how many kids today could tell you the 3 names on that mission?

amazing how many things/people from that era, are so far ahead of them in the nation's conciousness