tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054226668349070.post5365453512295403054..comments2024-03-06T09:25:30.769-08:00Comments on Dreams of Space - Books and Ephemera: Space Age Spinoffs : Space Program Benefits for All Mankind (1972)John Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18232677016091921767noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054226668349070.post-59369077401777301612019-09-19T18:39:14.210-07:002019-09-19T18:39:14.210-07:00If not the Silver Rescue Blanket, how about the sh...If not the Silver Rescue Blanket, how about the shiny party balloon?<br /><br />The space program had an amazing number of spinoffs. I was just reading Ken Shirriff's blog where he was restoring an Apollo Guidance Computer: "The decision to use ICs in the AGC was made in 1962, amazingly just four years after the IC was invented. The AGC was the largest consumer of ICs from 1962 to 1965 and ended up being a major driver of the integrated circuit industry."<br /><br />And not one word on Google Maps.Kaleberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05283840743310507878noreply@blogger.com