#powerofsearch

#powerofsearch  

Originally shared by Amit Singhal

Amazing fact: It takes about the same amount of computing to answer one Google Search query as all the computing done -- in flight and on the ground -- for the entire Apollo program!
http://insidesearch.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-power-of-apollo-missions-in-single.html

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  1. My favourite factoid/trivia about Apollo is the one about Aldrin using a 10c Bic pen to get them off the moon; shoving it into a broken switch to short it into life and start the ascent engine. :-)

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  2. Then why does the google search, "How do I go to the moon?" ask me for a 100 million?

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  3. I can tell you how to get 100 million. Just send me half a million...

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  4. Curses. Why does nobody ever fall for my baits?

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  5. Wait wait... don't close the offer. I'm still collecting the money.

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