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Margaret Hamilton, who led software development for the Apollo program, has died draws attention on Hacker News
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- Hacker News signal record for Margaret Hamilton, who led software development for the Apollo program, has diedHacker News · Primary source · accessed 2026-10-07 ↗
- Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Primary source · accessed 2026-10-07 ↗
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