I find it amusing that NASA's total computer processing power for the Apollo moon landing then is equal to a modern basic handheld calculator.
To put it into perspective, the first commercial hard drive made by IBM in the 50s was the size of two modern refrigerators sitting side-by-side. Its total storage capacity? A whole whopping FIVE megabytes... for just a measly $50,000.
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edited October 2017
Their power usage for their space robots, probes, satellites and stations is also pretty neat, making us Earthlings all seem like a bunch of addicted power-consuming assholes
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To put it into perspective, the first commercial hard drive made by IBM in the 50s was the size of two modern refrigerators sitting side-by-side. Its total storage capacity? A whole whopping FIVE megabytes... for just a measly $50,000.
Well played, space programs around the world!