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Margaret Hamilton, NASA's lead developer for Apollo program, stands next to all the code she wrote by hand that took humanity to the moon in 1969
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Also worth remembering: The Apollo guidance computer had less compute power than a USB charger. That thing sent us to the moon. https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a30916315/usb-c-charger-apollo-11-computer/
The article got Moore's Law wrong. It states that areal density doubles about every 18 months (as I remember it) which tl;dr approximates "more compute power" indirectly. Also it's not true any more but again that's no big deal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law?wprov=sfla1
Money and pride. Back then America had something to prove, money was no object. Now it's all about how much it's going to cost.
You don't think we landed on the moon?...
Start with "Why should we go back?"
The fact is there's really not a reason. We've been there, done that. The cost to send people to the moon is astronomical (lol) but the value to civilization is minimal at this point.
Honestly, NASA spending more time exploring Mars has been more beneficial.. Just wish we found something more up there, but hopefully in time.
I wish we could go to the moon again too, I just don't see a purpose, and that's kind of why we did that, and stopped.