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Originally Posted by Greggers
Seems sort of challenging, from a technology POV, to put a man on the moon, imo
Of course it is. When we put people on the moon back in the 60s it was a technological marvel. Back then we were willing to spend lots of money but we had to stretch the technology to it's limits. Today it's the opposite. The technology and the know how is readily available. That iPhone in your pocket has about 1000x the computing power of an Apollo rocket. The only thing keeping us from moon vacations is the ridiculous cost involved.
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Originally Posted by kazana
Dude, I really like Apple's products, but that line is just hilarious. I hope it is a level.
No, not a level. NASA's missions haven't done much besides stick it to the Russians. However some of the technology that was developed for missions have definitely helped but it's not as big of a deal as NASA would like you to believe.
On a daily basis way more people benefit from Apple than NASA when it comes to technological achievements. Apple started the personal computing revolution as well as the smartphone/tablet revolution which fundamentally changed the way our world works today and changed how we live our lives. Not to mention the enormous global economic impact Apple has by being the world's largest company.