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When Margaret Hamilton developed the Apollo guidance systems, she ran three teams which all wrote completely independent guidance systems. She then wrote hersel
by moomin 2y ago
When Margaret Hamilton developed the Apollo guidance systems, she ran three teams which all wrote completely independent guidance systems. She then wrote herself a program to arbitrate between them when they disagreed.
- sgt101 2y agoI thought that the Apollo system was barely able to execute on the available hardware, so there was no redundancy. I think that the space shuttle did feature this kind of system though.
- moomin 2y agoI've got a nasty feeling you're right. I can't find any references at all really. My understanding was the shuttle was using very similar tech to Apollo but I can verify almost nothing.
- robertlagrant 2y agoReally they should've have three programs deciding.