It’s accurate. The software needed hardware, human operators, rockets, fuel, astronauts, funding, management… in order to land on the moon. It wasn’t software alone that lifted guys off the earth and transported them to the moon. There was at least one other person involved.
Sounds a bit reductive, she designed the software.
It’s accurate. The software needed hardware, human operators, rockets, fuel, astronauts, funding, management… in order to land on the moon. It wasn’t software alone that lifted guys off the earth and transported them to the moon. There was at least one other person involved.
A better word choice would have been “critical” (as was everything else you noted).
“Helped” is reductive, implying that it wasn’t necessary, just helpful.
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She led the team that designed the software. While she definitely deserves recognition for her work, she didn’t do it all herself.