The Code That Saved Apollo 11

Sixty-six miles above the Moon, Apollo 11's computer started flashing alarms nobody in the room understood: 1202... 1201. Abort, or keep going? This is the story of the code that saved the mission — and Margaret Hamilton, the MIT engineer who led the team that wrote it, coined the term "software engineering," and designed a computer that could be pushed past its limits without breaking. CHAPTERS 00:00 The Alarm 01:00 Seven Minutes to Touchdown 02:07 The Tiny Computer 03:31 The Woman Who Coined a Field 05:13 What 1202 Actually Means 06:27 The Radar That Wouldn't Shut Up 07:49 Go on That Alarm 09:23 The Stack of Paper 10:36 The Lesson SOURCES Margaret Hamilton and the Apollo Software: https://www.geschichte-der-informatik.de/a... Hackaday — Margaret Hamilton Takes Software Engineering to the Moon and Beyond: https://hackaday.com/2018/04/10/margaret-h... MakeTechEasier — Apollo Guidance Computer specs: https://maketecheasier.com/apollo-software... Margaret Hamilton (software engineer): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Ham...) Encyclopaedia Britannica — Margaret Hamilton: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marga... BBC Sky at Night Magazine — the Apollo Guidance Computer: http://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-mi... #apollo11 #margarethamilton #nasa #softwareengineering #moonlanding #computerscience #coding #history #technology #space #documentary AI voiceover