Computer Sizes
What was the heaviest a computer would weigh in the 1950s?
8 tons/16,000 pounds.
What did normal people use the computer for?
A calculator.
What was the name of the country that got a satellite into space second?
The U.S.
When did scientists think about putting an animal or human in space?
1959.
What was the name of the race to space?
The space race.
How much typically does a computer weigh now?
Which part of the US Army use the computer the most?
The US Navy.
What was the name of the Union that got a satellite into space first?
The Soviet Union or USSR.
When did the satellite Vanguard 1 blow up?
December 1957
About how many vacuum tubes were in the UNIVAC computer?
5,000 vacuum tubes.
What was the lightest that a computer would weigh in the 1950s?
5 tons/10,000 pounds.
Who did computer engineers target to get their computers?
The rich people.
What was the name of the satellite sent by the U.S.?
Explorer 1.
When did Explorer 1 go into orbit?
January 1958.
What did the acronym UNIVAC stand for?
Universal Automatic Computer.
What is the typical length of a computer now?
1 to 2 feet
What did scientists in the US want send up into space using the computer?
A Satellite and/or a animal or person.
What was the name of the Soviet Union's Satellite?
Sputnik 1.
In what year did Presper Eckert and John Mauchely create the UNIVAC computer?
1951.
What war was the space race involved in?
The Cold War.
What was the Longest length that a computer was in the 1950s?
50 feet.
What did the Navy use the computer for?
Communications/messages and sonar.
What was then name of the program that President Eisenhower established?
National Aeronautics and Space Agency, or NASA.
When did Sputnik 1 go into orbit?
October 1957.
What was the first satellite that was in space?
The moon.