In message <[email protected]>, [email protected] writes:

>A single transistor, ROM bit, solder-joint, or resistor failure could have  
>killed them.

Actually there were a perfectly good spare in the lunar lander module
and most single points of failure would not kill them, but merely
cause the mission to abort and head home.

They also hard backup navigational aids.

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