09 July 2022

Margaret Hamilton, Apollo Program SuperProgrammer

In the beginning, there were crazy-smart people who gained the title “software engineer” and wrote the embedded systems software for the Apollo program that took us to the Moon.  1965-1971 was a good time to get into the embedded system software business!

Margaret Hamilton, Software Engineer 


Hamilton in the Apollo Command Module Simulator



Hamilton Standing Next to the Listings of Apollo On-Board Software That She and Her Team at MIT Wrote in the Late 1960s



 


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