1. What type of computers were the Americans using in 1969 which made them so confident to place a soul (not the American flag) on the moon? *The Apollo effort's number crunching power was realized by an arsenal of those, majority of which were located on earth across many nations, embedded in giant vessels at sea, and the most popular being the AGC (apollo guidance computer) coasting in space being powered by early ICs which contained at most 2 LOGIC GATES!* *Most of the computing was done on earth tho. * *The confidence came from national pride and faith in the industrial giant that is the U.S.A* *(And also the fear of the Soviets upstaging them)* 2. Why the hell did they call it Apollo? And why 11 and not 1? *The Apollo naming scheme idea was suggested by the widows of 3 astronauts (who burnt to death because of careless design decisions). * *Before that they were designated like AS-20X* *Apollo 11 happened to be the shot that featured technology & concepts mature enough to rely on for a landing on an unexplored alien world.* *All previous shots leading up to 11 were basically development efforts, concept tests/proofs and upgrades geared towards producing a "stable reliable product".* *Apollo 1 was a ground simulation fail......the first manned mission..then called AS-201. * 3. When did Kenya start using computers? <LOL> *Immediately it was born!* *Some of her bran new citizens/organizations had already acquired these contraptions before independence.(Majority of them were white)* 4. What vision figure does Kenya attach to landing it's own man on the moon? Vision 7070, ama? * 1 - Finding/terraforming another home is more important than landing a man on that beautiful grey desert...especially by the year 7070!* * 2 - All future manned missions to alien worlds should be noble multinational efforts. National boundaries should be forgotten here on earth...these world are there for all of us!* _______________________________________________ *In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.** * _______________________________________________