RIP Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by Raspberry Pi / Arduino / Adafruit at 13 Oct, 15:46 UTC

Jennifer Ouellette, writing for Ars Technica, reports that Margaret Hamilton died last week at the age of 90. Hamilton coined the term “software engineering” and led development of the onboard flight software for NASA’s Apollo program. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016 and was…

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• T1RIP Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landingRaspberry Pi / Arduino / Adafruit13 Oct, 15:46