Core memory weavers and Navajo women made the Apollo missions possible

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 05:32:17 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://www.sciencenews.org/article/core-memory-weavers-navajo-apollo-raytheon-computer-nasa>

"The historic Apollo moon missions are often associated with high-visibility
test flights, dazzling launches and spectacular feats of engineering. But
intricate, challenging handiwork — comparable to weaving — was just as
essential to putting men on the moon. Beyond Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and a
handful of other names that we remember were hundreds of thousands of men and
women who contributed to Apollo over a decade. Among them: the Navajo women who
assembled state-of-the-art integrated circuits for the Apollo Guidance Computer
and the women employees of Raytheon who wove the computer’s core memory."

Via Esther Schindler.

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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