When men first went into orbit, we witnessed the birth of a new technology soon to become more a staple of life than an eccentricity. We developed miniaturized computers. The original astronauts carried computers into space having the “mechanical/mental agility” of what’s now a ninety-nine cent calculator placed at the check-out to get another buck. Today there’s more computational power in a wrist watch than Charles Babbage (“Father of the Computer”) could ever conceive.
