Comment by foldr
2 hours ago
>The outstanding information is that she became the manager in the last 3 months before the event
No, this is not outstanding. The comment I linked to already pointed out that Hamilton is shown as the head of CSM programming in the following org chart dating 9/30/68. Apollo 11 launched July 1969.
https://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/Documents/ApolloOrg-Group-23B...
That org chart of course gives the latest possible date of her appointment. The general consensus appears to be that she was appointed to this position in late 1967 (see footnote 102 of https://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/Documents/Birth%20of%20Softwa...) And we know from the source code that her overall involvement in the project dates to before 1967.
As for overstatements and exaggerations: by all means say what you like about Margaret Hamilton if it's true and you've checked that it's true. However, the claims that you keep repeating from the tweet aren't true, which is why the comment containing it got flagged. If you want to post a considered comment about how some aspects of Hamilton's role have been exaggerated, then go do that, rather than flogging the dead horse of this trashy tweet.
If you are correct and the real answer is late 1967, then my comment still stands. She wasn’t the manager for even 40% (20%?) of the schedule.
Not really. Here's what you claimed in your comment:
>A link [...] argues [...] that she did not participate in the moon landing project to the extent suggested here [i.e. in the article]
And what do we find in the article? A statement of exactly the facts we've tediously established above:
> Hamilton worked first on the software for the uncrewed Apollo missions and then was promoted into leading the team developing the on-board flight software for the crewed missions. By 1968 she was assistant director in charge of the Command and Service Module team, and more than 400 people were working on Apollo’s software.