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[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

It was supposed to be space travel, instead it was the internet and cell phones. Good trade.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Can't imagine space travel without high speed telecommunications

[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Not sure what you mean. Apollo 11 used radio communication. It would have been possible to develop laser communication (i.e. light speed) without building a worldwide internet.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Apollo 11 used radio communication

Thanks to satellites launched a decade earlier. They were at the bleeding edge.

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