And $154 billion modern-day dollars ($25 billion in 1969) returned sensors that detect hazardous gases, haz-mat worker suits, cordless power tools, better insulated clothing, reflective blankets, CAT scans, magnetic resonance imaging, athletic shoes, freeze-dried food, new water purification technology that reduces lead poisoning, kidney dialysis, physical therapy now used by football teams and rehabilitation centers, advances in avionics, telecommunications, and computers...
All pretty much useless to $700 million of today's dollars, wouldn't you agree?
I'll bet this research hits two singularities: politics and YouTube. Argue the difference between politeness and positive feedback as you like, but I rarely see either employed here.
sorry about replying off-topic, but no new threads are allowed i guess anyway, my top-ten hacks are as follows (in no particular order) open source and the idea of sharing information as it has revolutionized the entire desktop and higher-level industries. the GIMP for all the wonderful nifty stuff it does. einstein's theory on relativity. the transistor - i like having two computers (and more if i had $$) in one room! the linux kernel, it is amazing! the best programming language of all time, C! packet-switching networks, i suppose beginning with the ARPAnet in '69 GL and 3d acceleration (i wouldn't waste productivity any other way) similar ones are amazing hacks too, but admit it, HTML has completely changed the entire world with the "World-Wide-Web." the apollo series of moon-missons (especially 11 and 13), because we got just what we wanted, if not more, out of those. and 13 because it WAS amazing how we recovered it.
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And $154 billion modern-day dollars ($25 billion in 1969) returned sensors that detect hazardous gases, haz-mat worker suits, cordless power tools, better insulated clothing, reflective blankets, CAT scans, magnetic resonance imaging, athletic shoes, freeze-dried food, new water purification technology that reduces lead poisoning, kidney dialysis, physical therapy now used by football teams and rehabilitation centers, advances in avionics, telecommunications, and computers...
All pretty much useless to $700 million of today's dollars, wouldn't you agree?
http://space.about.com/od/toolsequipment/ss/apollospinoffs.htm
I'll bet this research hits two singularities: politics and YouTube. Argue the difference between politeness and positive feedback as you like, but I rarely see either employed here.
sorry about replying off-topic, but no new threads are allowed i guess anyway, my top-ten hacks are as follows (in no particular order) open source and the idea of sharing information as it has revolutionized the entire desktop and higher-level industries. the GIMP for all the wonderful nifty stuff it does. einstein's theory on relativity. the transistor - i like having two computers (and more if i had $$) in one room! the linux kernel, it is amazing! the best programming language of all time, C! packet-switching networks, i suppose beginning with the ARPAnet in '69 GL and 3d acceleration (i wouldn't waste productivity any other way) similar ones are amazing hacks too, but admit it, HTML has completely changed the entire world with the "World-Wide-Web." the apollo series of moon-missons (especially 11 and 13), because we got just what we wanted, if not more, out of those. and 13 because it WAS amazing how we recovered it.