# @gravitonomy on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXByWgnkbqz
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-12T10:16:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Gravitonomy (@gravitonomy) — https://gondola.cc/gravitonomy

## Caption

Margaret Hamilton led the MIT team that developed the Apollo guidance software. The famous stack of papers shows the source code for the mission which was painstakingly hand-punched into cards. Interestingly the Lunar Module's computer had only about 74 kilobytes of memory while the erasable memory was just 4 kilobytes. Her team’s "asynchronous" design was crucial. During the Apollo 11 landing it prevented a system crash by prioritizing vital tasks over low-priority alarms ultimately saving the mission.

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