Comment by groundzeros2015

15 hours ago

A link has been removed from other comments which argues with primary sources that she did not participate in the moon landing project to the extent suggested here. Her rise in popularity coincided with a Wikipedia effort to identify "overlooked heroes" in math and science.

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foldr  2 hours ago

The link hasn't been removed; the comment is just flagged and dead. If you have showdead enabled on your account, you can see it here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50000624

AFAICT the comment is spreading false claims about Margaret Hamilton at about the worst possible moment, so no surprises that it's been flagged.

  • groundzeros2015  12 minutes ago

    So it is false that she married the manager? Is it false that she entered the role after the moon landing project was mostly finished?

    > at about the worst possible moment,

    The tweet was made in 2023

    • foldr  3 minutes ago

      I was talking about timing of the HN comment, not the tweet.

      As you can easily see from the HN thread, yes, it is false that she was (as claimed in the tweet) hired for an entry level role in 1968. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50002873

      Who she was married to is neither here nor there, and you are doing your case no favors by fixating on that.

  • xhkkffbf  1 hour ago

    Can you explain what is false?

    The NYT obituary, for instance, notes that she married her boss. That lines up with many of the complaints in the twitter feed.