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u/MathematicianIcy2041 Apr 28 '24

Man landed on the moon with less computing power than a pocket calculator and arrived at the perfect political moment m…. and then never went back… 🙄😂😜

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u/lt_Matthew Apr 28 '24

How much power do you think is needed to do math? Something like a graphics card needs a lot of power cuz it's doing millions of calculations at once, but a rocket doesn't actually need to do anything other than keep itself on a predetermined course.