Quote Originally Posted by kokopup View Post

Apollo 11 the 4th launch to use the Saturn 5 had less computing power in total than the Asus EEE PC that I am using to write this post. Comparing it to a Timex and Crackerjack Compass may be a selling Nasa a little short. They had to make some very complex calculation during just about every part of the flight. The Apollo 13 is extremely lucky that they returned at all, because the flight was done mostly by dead reckoning with their computers shut down.
My apologies.

I didn't mean to sell anyone short! I was making a joke about how the space program was able to get things done with the tech of the day. W hen I heard that a home PC was MORE powerful than what was used on one Apollo flight, it boggles my mind and makes me admire the whole space program all over again.