Apollo Software Pioneer Margaret Hamilton Dies at 90

Margaret Hamilton, a pioneering computer scientist who led the software engineering team for NASA’s Apollo program, has died at age 90. She was instrumental in establishing software engineering as a discipline and helped develop the complex systems that enabled the moon landing. Her work included critical contributions like priority-driven software and defensive programming, which saved the Apollo missions multiple times. After her time at MIT, Hamilton became a successful entrepreneur, founding companies that focused on error prevention and fault tolerance in software systems.