apollo and google
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"It takes about the same amount of computing to answer one Google Search query as all the computing done for the entire Apollo program."TRANSCRIPT
What is the link between Neil Armstrong and a Google search ?
Laurent Maumet
We all know him because of this
And that...
Armstrong was part of the APOLLO program
10 years program (62-72)
In 6 spaceflights, 12 men walked on the Moon
estimated cost of $170 billions
382 kg of lunar rocks and soil to
earth
source : wikipedia
A HUGE program
This is a simple google homepage
And a basic query about armstrong"...
... executed in 0.28 seconds
source : google
It takes about the same amount of computing ...
... to answer one Google Search query ...
source : google
source : google
... as all the computing done for the entire
Apollo program
WHAT ?
" it takes about the same amount of computing
to answer one Google Search query as all the computing done for the entire
Apollo program. "
source : google
"It takes about the same amount of computing to answer one Google Search query as all the computing done for the
entire Apollo program."
source : google
( i.e. all the computing done throughout the planning and execution
of the 11-year, 17 mission Apollo program, in flight and on the ground )
aThe Apollo Guidance Computer on board the lunar module executed instructions at a speed of about 40 KHz , about 100,000 times slower than a high-end laptop today.