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Old July 21st 15, 03:27 AM posted to sci.space.history
Jeff Findley[_6_]
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Default Time features Apollo computer pioneer Margaret Hamilton

In article ,
says...

URL:http://time.com/3948364/moon-landing-apollo-11-margaret-hamilton/

One of the key people on the software side the AGC, and founder of Hamilton Technologies.
The article includes a photo Hamilton, then part of the MIT team,
next to a stack of computer listings as tall as she is.

Nice of _Time_ to give us this little bit of history from behind the scenes,
on the anniversary of the 1st moon landing.

/dps


Nice article. I've seen articles about Hamilton before, but this one
had a few tidbits I didn't know.

Jeff
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