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Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90

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Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90

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World News@quokk.au · 6 days ago

Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the moon, dies at 90

Pioneering computer scientist led the development of the software for Nasa's Apollo mission and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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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.

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