/sci/ - Science & Math

>>7937701

>it wasn't pioneering

All of the technology was basically built from scratch. The lunar guidance computer utilized the worlds first integrated circuits for one example. Not to mention the Saturn V is still the most powerful machine ever built by Humans.

>>7482156
>There is nothing to be gained by building a rocket and going to the moon; it's a waste of money,

One of the first ever integrated circuit-based computers had to be developed from scratch to serve as the Apollo guidance computer which told the lunar lander where to fucking land. "Space age technology" was literally coined from the advancement of technology that the Apollo program was responsible for.

>Working on components for satellites that can help to measure some type of phenomenon is a far better use of resources.

Yeah and where do you think all that came from? the 10+ years they spent working day and night on the Apollo program and its related systems. Thats where they actually discovered how to operate in space and what could and couldn't be done.