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How We Sent a Man to the Moon Without E-mail and Why It Matters Today (calnewport.com)
3 points by timjahn on Oct 8, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


They used interoffice memos.

Take a look at this citation list for "Lunar Impact: The NASA History of Project Ranger" - http://books.google.com/books?id=UewO7htzSv4C&pg=PA386&lpg=P... and see just how many are "interoffice memo from X to Y".

They also had voice-operated memo writers, also known as secretaries, typists, or stenographers.




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