Margaret H. Hamilton

“Looking back, we were the luckiest people in the world. There was no choice but to be pioneers; no time to be beginners.”

“It is always great when people take interest in your work.”

“We had been told many times that astronauts would not make any mistakes. They were trained to be perfect.”

“I hope that we continue with exploration.”

“Software eventually and necessarily gained the same respect as any other discipline.”

“I worked on all of the Apollo manned missions and a couple of Apollo unmanned missions.”

“Apollo 8 comes a close second, it not equal, to Apollo 11 for the most exciting, memorable moments on the Apollo project.”