Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the moon, dies at 90
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Pioneering computer scientist led the development of the software for Nasa's Apollo mission and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
  • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
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    25 days ago

    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.