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How We Sent a Man to the Moon Without E-mail and Why It Matters Today

3 pointsby timjahnover 10 years ago

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dalkeover 10 years ago
They used interoffice memos.<p>Take a look at this citation list for &quot;Lunar Impact: The NASA History of Project Ranger&quot; - <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=UewO7htzSv4C&amp;pg=PA386&amp;lpg=PA386&amp;dq=nasa+interoffice+memos&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=ivR8ZVsUwp&amp;sig=MLePoLjVDJKf8IrKullbXUIXims&amp;hl=sv&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=dlI1VLTWGqrnygOIvYDwBQ&amp;ved=0CG0Q6AEwDg#v=onepage&amp;q=nasa%20interoffice%20memos&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;books.google.com&#x2F;books?id=UewO7htzSv4C&amp;pg=PA386&amp;lpg=P...</a> and see just how many are &quot;interoffice memo from X to Y&quot;.<p>They also had voice-operated memo writers, also known as secretaries, typists, or stenographers.