Yet, We’re Looking at Cat Memes Instead
Earlier, we quickly went over how technology has advanced at such a rapid pace that we went from staying airborne for 59 seconds to touchdown-ing on the moon a mere 67 years later. But we’d really like you to focus on the level of technology that went into the lunar landing.
Or rather, how “primitive” the technology was compared to what consumer-grade gadgets we have today. The smartphone you’re holding in your hand, even if it’s a 2010 release, is several thousand times more powerful than the processing power that NASA scientists used to send Neil Armstrong to fight moon aliens.