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Gladys West, Unsung Figure in Development of GPS, Dies at 95
- gnabgib 9mo agoRecent discussion: Gladys West's vital contributions to GPS technology (78 points, 11 days ago, 7 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46651691 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46651691 NPR (9 points, 4 days ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46736279 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46736279
- bryanrasmussen 8mo agointeresting, the woman who wrote the Nature obituary got hate mail for writing the obituary from someone who felt Gladys didn't deserve getting the recognition, evidently https://bsky.app/profile/histoftech.bsky.social/post/3me6knemlsk2l https://bsky.app/profile/histoftech.bsky.social/post/3me6kne... on edit: the bluesky account histoftech seems to be run by the author of the Nature obituary Mar Hicks, at least they have the same pictures.