The big push for computers came from IBM and payroll processing long before the space program.
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Anniversary of an amazingly enduring design
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cavelamb on Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:03:34
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hamper progress
Possibly, but some things have been driven by civilian application
- computers is one area. Carbon Fibers? I suspect that a lot of technologies got a big boost from the government "investment" in them. I'm also sure a lot of data freely available to a private space program was first worked up by NASA in the moon race project. And let us not forget, that determining that something _won't_ work, is just as useful as merely determining what will work.
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Time to rummage around in the techno geek museums, hobbyist basements, and possibly even some third world government IT departments.
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