"The guidance computer, however, turbocharged the semiconductor industry, leading directly to the microcomputer revolution and a significant portion of the productivity increases across the world since."
Not the Apollo guidance computer, though. The D-17B Minuteman guidance computer, from 1962.[1]
Long before Apollo. The USAF was for most of the 1950s and 1960s the largest purchaser of semiconductors.
Nor is NASA responsible for Velcro, Teflon, or Tang.
Not the Apollo guidance computer, though. The D-17B Minuteman guidance computer, from 1962.[1] Long before Apollo. The USAF was for most of the 1950s and 1960s the largest purchaser of semiconductors.
Nor is NASA responsible for Velcro, Teflon, or Tang.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-17B
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