“In everyone’s pocket right now is a computer far more powerful than the one we flew on Voyager. I don’t mean your cell phone — I mean the key fob that unlocks your car.” —?Rich Terrile, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist and member of the Voyager imaging team, quoted in Jim Bell’s book “The Interstellar Age” It’s incredible to think about how far technology has come. The technology developed for missions like Voyager continues to inspire advancements here on Earth. That’s why organizations like The Planetary Society are so important—they bridge the gap between space science and its real-world impact. Learn more about the history of computing in space in the link below.
More: https://www.planetary.org/articles/computing-in-space-exploration-history