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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by marze on Saturday November 01, 2014 @02:25AM (#8542352)
Another difference, the Apollo astronauts carried slide rules to do calculations during the mission.
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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by exDM69 on Saturday November 01, 2014 @08:54AM (#8542876)
They had slide rules in addition to the most sophisticated digital computers of the time. Both, in the spacecraft and on the ground.
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