#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. Alfie GoodrichAugust 29, 2012 at 8:00 PM

    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. Anuj VelankarAugust 29, 2012 at 8:34 PM

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

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  3. Jyoti Q DahiyaAugust 30, 2012 at 4:57 AM

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

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  4. Jyoti Q DahiyaAugust 31, 2012 at 2:17 AM

    Curses. Why does nobody ever fall for my baits?

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  5. Anuj VelankarAugust 31, 2012 at 2:19 AM

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

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  6. Jyoti Q DahiyaAugust 31, 2012 at 2:38 AM

    :D Hurrah, a dupe at long last!

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