Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post
... I remember well sitting up the whole night to watch the 'Moon Landing' back in the summer of 1969. ... what a truly REMARKABLE feat - described at the time, as "A GIANT STEP FORWARD FOR MANKIND!" ... and HOW! !

RIP, Neil Armstrong ... we salute you!

Quote Originally Posted by Steve.r View Post
Odd to think I have more computer power in my phone than they used to get to the moon and back.
Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post
Isn't it JUST! INCREDIBLE, really! Funnily enough ... a friend of mine mentioned something like that to me this very afternoon ... well ... ... ... he said there was probably more computer power in Myrna's laptop than had been used on that epic space mission.
Yes. I have seen divers in the North Sea go into saturation in hyperbaric chambers for several weeks at a time, to venture into the murky depths, but these astronauts really put themselves on the line.