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Old 25th Nov 2020, 5:01 pm   #82
derekheeps
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Default Re: Would we have got to the moon with no semiconductors?

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Originally Posted by merlinmaxwell View Post
I was thinking this having a shower this morning, would we have got to the moon only using valves (or tubes considering it was an American project)?
Didn't the Russians still use valves in their early spacecraft ?

There was also the story of how the Americans spent a fortune developing the Papermate pen which would write in zero gravity , while the cosmonauts got pencils .
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