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Apollo Software Pioneer Hamilton Dies at 90; Amazon Hits 1,000 Satelli

Hamilton was the first female programmer hired on the space project at M.I.T., and she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama in 2016.

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  • The New York TimesMargaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died
  • Ars TechnicaAmazon builds 1,000th satellite, will launch space internet service by end of year
“A thousand satellites! Amazon is down two point two percent at two fifty-four, so the stock is not feeling the orbit.”
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