Apollo 11 Landing Code Writer

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Interesting article circulating this morning. Pictured is Margaret Hamilton with the asynchronous code, a first which allowed computers to handle multiple different tasks simultaneously, was written by a 32 year-old mom named Margaret Hamilton. She was “a computer whiz at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology” and her programming is credited with placing Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, (and the Speedmaster), on the moon on July 20, 1969. Amazing behind the scenes story that has largely…

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