Margaret Hamilton led a team of dozens on command module software, not lunar module until after Apollo 11. Photo depicts assembly listings, multiple copies, and versions totaling thousands of pages from promotional shoot. She was assistant director under Dan Lickly, her future husband, in early 1969. Hamilton did not write code alone or majority – team effort produced 1751-page Apollo 11 command module assembly. Stack exceeds single mission code size, likely includes emulations, manuals, and variants. She joined in 1965 at lower level, not as first Apollo programmer or 1965 director. Myth claims she coined ''software engineering'' are false – term predates her. Snopes, Wikipedia, TED-Ed repeat inaccuracies like solo authorship or first NASA programmer. Don Eyles disputes her lunar module leadership credit, given post-Apollo 11. Annie Easley, black programmer, preceded Hamilton at NASA by years. Image promotes lab's Apollo work, exaggerates individual role in team project. Code entered via hand then transcribed to cards and printouts by larger group. Presidential Medal overstates her leading both modules' software teams pre-missions.
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