Quote Originally Posted by the evil twin View Post
I agree for the most part but, actually, NASA soldered everything when they alledgedly lobbed a few blokes onto the Moon.

NASA set a standard called HRHS (High Reliability Hand Soldering) which was a bastard qualification to get but set the bar for the best part of 30 years.
I must have soldered about 200 bifurcates before I got enough to pass.

Crimping is now the standard in aerospace and rightfully so due to repeatability, quality assurance, ease of inspection and weight saving.
PCBs were soldered, interconnections were actually wire wrapped...the most reliable method of all.