Provenance & Chain of Custody
Every document in this archive has a recorded origin, legal basis, and SHA-256 hash computed at the time of download. This page is the verification record — it exists so that anyone can independently confirm what we have and where it came from.
Legal Status Key
Section titled “Legal Status Key”| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
| PD | Public domain — U.S. government work, no copyright restrictions |
| OA | Open access — author or publisher made freely available |
| RC | Research copy — acquired for scholarship, original remains under publisher copyright |
Tier 1 — Hamilton’s Own Writing
Section titled “Tier 1 — Hamilton’s Own Writing”These are documents authored by Margaret Hamilton herself. They represent her direct voice and analysis.
bitsavers-1971/ — Computer Got Loaded (Datamation letter)
Section titled “bitsavers-1971/ — Computer Got Loaded (Datamation letter)”Hamilton’s famous “Computer Got Loaded” letter to the editor, published in the March 1, 1971 issue of Datamation magazine (p. 13). Her first-person account of the Apollo 11 1202/1201 alarms during the lunar descent.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Datamation, March 1, 1971 (contains Hamilton’s “Computer Got Loaded” letter) |
| Author | Margaret H. Hamilton (letter, p. 13); various (magazine) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Source | bitsavers.org |
| Legal | Archived magazine scan. Original copyright Cahners Publishing. |
| File | 19710301.pdf |
| Size | 13,406,989 bytes |
| Extraction | Pending |
Source URL:
bitsavers.org/pdf/datamation/Datamation_1971-03-01.pdfSHA-256:
839a3049d9aad819a0ec524b41d9da98a480c8432673fc92642bf04c49056d59hamilton-zeldin-1974/ — Higher Order Software: Space Shuttle Prototype
Section titled “hamilton-zeldin-1974/ — Higher Order Software: Space Shuttle Prototype”The earliest Hamilton & Zeldin paper in the archive. Introduces Higher Order Software (HOS) methodology applied to a Space Shuttle prototype, laying the theoretical groundwork for the formal methods that would become USL.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Higher Order Software Techniques Applied to a Space Shuttle Prototype Program |
| Authors | Margaret H. Hamilton, Saydean Zeldin |
| Year | 1974 |
| Published in | Symposium on Programming 1974, LNCS 19: 17—32 |
| DOI | 10.1007/3-540-06859-7_121 |
| Source | Springer (via Sci-Hub) |
| Legal | Paywalled (Springer). Research copy. |
| File | hamilton-zeldin-1974.pdf |
| Size | 1,144,248 bytes |
| Extraction | Pending |
DOI URL:
doi.org/10.1007/3-540-06859-7_121SHA-256:
1255d49058752d433bdd6178c1a7aeac775d9aa8f22140045b9fbe12ff7c7df8hamilton-zeldin-1976/ — Higher Order Software Methodology
Section titled “hamilton-zeldin-1976/ — Higher Order Software Methodology”The foundational IEEE TSE paper defining Higher Order Software as a formal methodology. This is the most-cited Hamilton & Zeldin paper and establishes the axiomatic basis for software correctness that runs through all of Hamilton’s subsequent work.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Higher Order Software — A Methodology for Defining Software |
| Authors | Margaret H. Hamilton, Saydean Zeldin |
| Year | 1976 |
| Published in | IEEE Trans. Software Eng., 2(1): 9—32 |
| DOI | 10.1109/TSE.1976.233798 |
| Source | IEEE (via Sci-Hub) |
| Legal | Paywalled (IEEE TSE). Research copy. |
| File | hamilton-zeldin-1976.pdf |
| Size | 7,588,000 bytes |
| Extraction | Pending |
DOI URL:
doi.org/10.1109/TSE.1976.233798SHA-256:
206265fad607d59001a1d474f8477c6afccb1c99fae472b5c74eefe1aa89ccd2hamilton-zeldin-1978/ — Reliability in Terms of Predictability
Section titled “hamilton-zeldin-1978/ — Reliability in Terms of Predictability”Presented at COMPSAC 1978. Develops the argument that software reliability should be defined in terms of predictability — a system is reliable if its behavior can be fully predicted before execution.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Reliability in Terms of Predictability |
| Authors | Margaret H. Hamilton, Saydean Zeldin |
| Year | 1978 |
| Published in | COMPSAC 1978: 657—662 |
| DOI | 10.1109/CMPSAC.1978.810516 |
| Source | IEEE (via Sci-Hub) |
| Legal | Paywalled (IEEE). Research copy. |
| File | hamilton-zeldin-1978.pdf |
| Size | 660,445 bytes |
| Extraction | Pending |
DOI URL:
doi.org/10.1109/CMPSAC.1978.810516SHA-256:
d664308835a2e66c36b8cb52a3befad49314286a1d6a6ddab37c9366e2e89915hamilton-zeldin-1979/ — Design and Verification
Section titled “hamilton-zeldin-1979/ — Design and Verification”Published in the Journal of Systems and Software. Examines the relationship between how software is designed and how it can be verified — arguing that proper design makes verification inherent rather than an afterthought.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Relationship Between Design and Verification |
| Authors | Margaret H. Hamilton, Saydean Zeldin |
| Year | 1979 |
| Published in | J. Systems & Software, 1: 29—56 |
| DOI | 10.1016/0164-1212(79)90004-9 |
| Source | Elsevier (via Sci-Hub) |
| Legal | Paywalled (Elsevier). Research copy. |
| File | hamilton-zeldin-1979.pdf |
| Size | 3,268,858 bytes |
| Extraction | Pending |
DOI URL:
doi.org/10.1016/0164-1212(79)90004-9SHA-256:
42c292982301eccc127d52d170a8ea06d83480a16b0482e4c1c5846f96f9c3cchamilton-zeldin-1983/ — Functional Life Cycle Model: USE.IT
Section titled “hamilton-zeldin-1983/ — Functional Life Cycle Model: USE.IT”The last Hamilton & Zeldin paper in the archive. Introduces the USE.IT automation tool and the functional life cycle model — the direct precursor to Hamilton’s Development Before the Fact methodology.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Functional Life Cycle Model and Its Automation: USE.IT |
| Authors | Margaret H. Hamilton, Saydean Zeldin |
| Year | 1983 |
| Published in | J. Systems & Software, 3(1): 25—62 |
| DOI | 10.1016/0164-1212(83)90004-3 |
| Source | Elsevier (via Sci-Hub) |
| Legal | Paywalled (Elsevier). Research copy. |
| File | hamilton-zeldin-1983.pdf |
| Size | 3,693,069 bytes |
| Extraction | Pending |
DOI URL:
doi.org/10.1016/0164-1212(83)90004-3SHA-256:
da7b92eec5d9cfaaabfb5781cd583b37fc616ef0e37996daa57cf2d6f0e0640ahamilton-hackler-1990/ — 001: Rapid Development Approach
Section titled “hamilton-hackler-1990/ — 001: Rapid Development Approach”Presented at the IEEE Rapid System Prototyping workshop. Describes the 001 Tool Suite as a system that supports its own life cycle — an early articulation of what would become the Development Before the Fact paradigm.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | 001: A Rapid Development Approach for Rapid Prototyping Based on a System That Supports Its Own Life Cycle |
| Authors | Margaret H. Hamilton, William R. Hackler |
| Year | 1990 |
| Published in | RSP 1990: 46—62 |
| DOI | 10.1109/IWRSP.1990.144033 |
| Source | IEEE (via Sci-Hub) |
| Legal | Paywalled (IEEE). Research copy. |
| File | hamilton-hackler-1990.pdf |
| Size | 1,289,123 bytes |
| Extraction | Pending |
DOI URL:
doi.org/10.1109/IWRSP.1990.144033SHA-256:
dbf5f3f96d8b8519e2e60f45c61d08c169ec98c531bd87a82969e2540317f643hamilton-hackler-1991/ — Prototyping Distributed Environments with 001
Section titled “hamilton-hackler-1991/ — Prototyping Distributed Environments with 001”A short RSP 1991 paper on applying the 001 Tool Suite to distributed systems prototyping.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Prototyping Distributed Environments with 001 |
| Authors | Margaret H. Hamilton, Ron Hackler |
| Year | 1991 |
| Published in | RSP 1991: 110—111 |
| DOI | 10.1109/IWRSP.1991.218618 |
| Source | IEEE (via Sci-Hub) |
| Legal | Paywalled (IEEE). Research copy. |
| File | hamilton-hackler-1991.pdf |
| Size | 190,076 bytes |
| Extraction | Pending |
DOI URL:
doi.org/10.1109/IWRSP.1991.218618SHA-256:
3594ca52fe39877f07a3c26bba8528932e2007720e5b5a71f05efc5d6e59ad46hamilton-1994/ — Preventative Software Systems
Section titled “hamilton-1994/ — Preventative Software Systems”Presented at COMPSAC 1994. Articulates the concept of “preventative” software systems — systems designed to prevent errors from occurring in the first place, rather than detecting them after the fact.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Preventative Software Systems |
| Author | Margaret H. Hamilton |
| Year | 1994 |
| Published in | COMPSAC 1994: 410—416 |
| DOI | 10.1109/CMPSAC.1994.342770 |
| Source | IEEE (via Sci-Hub) |
| Legal | Paywalled (IEEE). Research copy. |
| File | hamilton-1994.pdf |
| Size | 985,604 bytes |
| Extraction | Pending |
DOI URL:
doi.org/10.1109/CMPSAC.1994.342770SHA-256:
04245866903cc33a531fcdd762da680629cb87cf9a761c407ccf02b47ba7abf7hamilton-2004-mapld/ — Heart and Soul of Apollo
Section titled “hamilton-2004-mapld/ — Heart and Soul of Apollo”Hamilton’s MAPLD conference presentation. This is a binary PowerPoint file, not a PDF.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Heart and Soul of Apollo: Doing It Right the First Time |
| Author | Margaret H. Hamilton |
| Year | 2004 |
| Venue | MAPLD International Conference |
| Source | klabs.org |
| Legal | OA |
| File | heart-and-soul-of-apollo.ppt |
| Format | PowerPoint (.ppt) — not PDF |
| Size | 4,702,208 bytes |
| Extraction | Not performed (binary PPT; manual review required) |
Source URLs:
Abstract: klabs.org/mapld04/abstracts/hamilton_a.htmlFile: klabs.org/mapld04/presentations/session_s/8_s216_hamilton_s.pptSHA-256:
c950b91d5afdc3a249b6989e23533b00e1e00fd07e83eceae1347cda772fdaa9hamilton-hackler-2007-cser/ — USL for Preventative Systems Engineering
Section titled “hamilton-hackler-2007-cser/ — USL for Preventative Systems Engineering”Presented at the 5th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research at Stevens Institute. Applies the Universal Systems Language to the discipline of preventative systems engineering.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Universal Systems Language for Preventative Systems Engineering |
| Authors | Margaret H. Hamilton, William R. Hackler |
| Year | 2007 |
| Published in | Proc. 5th Annual Conf. Systems Engineering Research (CSER), Stevens Institute, paper #36 |
| DOI | None |
| Source | Hamilton Technologies, Inc. (htius.com) |
| Legal | OA (author’s copy) |
| File | hamilton-hackler-2007-cser.pdf |
| Size | 434,176 bytes |
| Extraction | Pending |
Source URL:
htius.comSHA-256:
bc29e14a56423b84ba514a736f77f3b3353cef5c940a64dc76af73a373379fe8hamilton-hackler-2007-incose/ — Formal USL Semantics for SysML
Section titled “hamilton-hackler-2007-incose/ — Formal USL Semantics for SysML”Published in the INCOSE International Symposium proceedings. Provides a formal universal systems semantics grounding for SysML using USL.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | A Formal Universal Systems Semantics for SysML |
| Authors | Margaret H. Hamilton, William R. Hackler |
| Year | 2007 |
| Published in | INCOSE Int’l Symposium, 17(1): 1333—1357 |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2007.tb02952.x |
| Source | INCOSE/Wiley (via Sci-Hub) |
| Legal | Paywalled (INCOSE/Wiley). Research copy. |
| File | hamilton-hackler-2007-incose.pdf |
| Size | 1,090,480 bytes |
| Extraction | Pending |
DOI URL:
doi.org/10.1002/j.2334-5837.2007.tb02952.xSHA-256:
e8f6a3ccba448fa41d927180bdfc21b03325fd586c6a13dc268e09c194d6a6a8hamilton-hackler-2008/ — USL: Lessons Learned from Apollo
Section titled “hamilton-hackler-2008/ — USL: Lessons Learned from Apollo”The bridge paper between Apollo experience and USL formal theory. Published as an IEEE Computer cover feature.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Universal Systems Language: Lessons Learned from Apollo |
| Authors | Margaret H. Hamilton, William R. Hackler |
| Year | 2008 |
| Published in | IEEE Computer, 41(12): 34—43 |
| DOI | 10.1109/MC.2008.541 |
| Source | Hamilton Technologies, Inc. (htius.com) |
| Legal | OA (author’s copy) |
| File | r12ham.pdf |
| Size | 1,480,864 bytes |
| Extraction | Complete |
Source URL:
htius.com/Articles/r12ham.pdfWayback Archive:
web.archive.org/web/20250313214642/http://www.htius.com/Articles/r12ham.pdfSHA-256:
356da2bec3f4b63ce6de50e433ea6298bff3c88e3af7033917e5687416fca94ehamilton-2012/ — USL and the 001 Tool Suite
Section titled “hamilton-2012/ — USL and the 001 Tool Suite”Hamilton’s webinar presentation for the IEEE Computer Society / Lockheed Martin series. A comprehensive overview of USL and its implementation as the 001 Tool Suite.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Universal Systems Language (USL) and its Automation, the 001 Tool Suite |
| Author | Margaret H. Hamilton |
| Year | 2012 |
| Venue | IEEE Computer Society / Lockheed Martin Webinar Series, September 27, 2012 |
| DOI | None |
| Source | Hamilton Technologies, Inc. (htius.com) |
| Legal | OA (author’s presentation) |
| File | hamilton-2012.pdf |
| Size | 11,460,608 bytes |
| Extraction | Pending |
Source URL:
htius.comSHA-256:
dc2a49ead5df6c7af435d7bba3ce2ca60c58f790affd4b24ae507f0dfb60c081hamilton-2018/ — What the Errors Tell Us
Section titled “hamilton-2018/ — What the Errors Tell Us”Hamilton’s 2018 IEEE Software article reflecting on error categories and what they reveal about system design. Draws on decades of experience from Apollo through USL.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | What the Errors Tell Us |
| Author | Margaret H. Hamilton |
| Year | 2018 |
| Published in | IEEE Software, 35(5): 32—37 |
| DOI | 10.1109/MS.2018.290110447 |
| Source | IEEE Xplore (via Sci-Hub) |
| Legal | Paywalled (IEEE Software). Research copy. |
| File | What_the_Errors_Tell_Us.pdf |
| Size | 1,258,593 bytes |
| Extraction | Pending |
DOI URL:
doi.org/10.1109/MS.2018.290110447SHA-256:
28da75b77b96529befce7c9a2e4b827edace1a2b50477bab0e5947bc312e1d53hamilton-2019/ — The Apollo On-Board Flight Software
Section titled “hamilton-2019/ — The Apollo On-Board Flight Software”Hamilton’s 2019 retrospective on the Apollo flight software effort, published through Draper Labs’ “Hack the Moon” project. Two exports of the same source document.
| Field | Part 1 | Part 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Title | The Apollo On-Board Flight Software (Part 1) | The Apollo On-Board Flight Software (Part 2) |
| Author | Margaret H. Hamilton | Margaret H. Hamilton |
| Year | 2019 | 2019 |
| Source | Draper Labs “Hack the Moon” | Draper Labs “Hack the Moon” |
| Legal | OA | OA |
| File | mhh-software-part1.pdf | mhh-software-part2.pdf |
| Size | 90,176 bytes | 103,626 bytes |
| Extraction | Complete | Complete |
Source URLs:
wehackthemoon.com/sites/default/files/2019-03/mhh.software.final-1.pdfwehackthemoon.com/sites/default/files/2019-03/mhh.software.final-2_0.pdfSHA-256 hashes:
Part 1: 4649af55c2d8e303d845c192a9320405d864f9dda96b43ae815ac4dcd644410aPart 2: 5710f52c0d60d54ffbaa863f5e165d1cea41f7fa227407ef073d7c56caee3e45hamilton-1972-colossus/ — GSOP Colossus 3: Erasable Memory
Section titled “hamilton-1972-colossus/ — GSOP Colossus 3: Erasable Memory”Primary source documents from Hamilton’s direct technical leadership of the Apollo software effort. These are the governing specifications for how the AGC’s 4KB of erasable memory was allocated across mission phases.
| Field | CSM Version | LM Version |
|---|---|---|
| Title | GSOP for Manned CSM… using COLOSSUS 3, Sec. 7: Erasable Memory | Apollo GNC: GSOP for Manned LM… using COLOSSUS 3, Sec. 7: Erasable Memory |
| Author | M. H. Hamilton et al. (MIT IL) | M. H. Hamilton et al. (MIT IL) |
| Year | 1972 | 1972 |
| Report # | R-577-REV-01 / NASA-CR-128689 | — |
| NTRS ID | 19730007899 | 19720025984 |
| Source | NASA Technical Reports Server | NASA Technical Reports Server |
| Legal | PD | PD |
| File | colossus3-csm-erasable.pdf | colossus3-lm-erasable.pdf |
| Size | 2,906,712 bytes | 1,667,245 bytes |
| Extraction | OCR complete | OCR complete |
Source URLs:
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19730007899/downloads/19730007899.pdfntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19720025984/downloads/19720025984.pdfSHA-256 hashes:
CSM: a321ff9a2d1713aebaf0170e1aa913129679d759b1d7d3519604c9907973c7b1LM: 49da2619099fc13d7bc470d89e85017ba7d0939ce2137c27c9079ce46a9dc6bbhamilton-1972-skylark/ — Skylark GSOP Sections
Section titled “hamilton-1972-skylark/ — Skylark GSOP Sections”Post-Apollo specifications for Skylab (“Skylark” was MIT’s internal designation). Three sections of Report R-693 from different sources and years.
| Field | Section 2 | Section 4 | Section 7 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Data Links | Operational Modes | Erasable Memory Programs |
| Author | M. H. Hamilton (MIT IL) | M. H. Hamilton (MIT IL) | MIT Instrumentation Lab |
| Year | 1972 | 1972 | 1973 |
| Report # | R-693 | R-693 | R-693 |
| NTRS ID | 19720017954 | 19720024991 | — |
| Source | NTRS | NTRS | ibiblio.org (Virtual AGC) |
| Legal | PD | PD | PD |
| File | skylark-section2-data-links.pdf | skylark-section4-operational-modes.pdf | skylark-section7-erasable-memory.pdf |
| Size | 5,071,147 bytes | 14,100,246 bytes | 4,766,059 bytes |
| Extraction | OCR complete | OCR (47% confidence) | OCR complete |
Source URLs:
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19720017954/downloads/19720017954.pdfntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19720024991/downloads/19720024991.pdfibiblio.org/apollo/Documents/R-693-GSOP-Skylark1-Section7-ErasableMemoryPrograms.pdfSHA-256 hashes:
Sec. 2: c296e9abdf4c4f566492258cd30c209f437a26c8710f929ae55c61ab6a794a7bSec. 4: 4452721d2d963d9f1bb1f5b1498ae4736e24cb302eb0439d09ef048f81dffa18Sec. 7: b02736c4e765277d17fd2205f2ea3dccfec05b116ed3a3049ff85e1a61aa7af9oral-history-of-margaret-hamilton-2017/ — Oral History of Margaret Hamilton
Section titled “oral-history-of-margaret-hamilton-2017/ — Oral History of Margaret Hamilton”47-page interview transcript conducted by David C. Brock for the Computer History Museum. Covers Hamilton’s full career arc from weather prediction for Lorenz through Apollo to USL. Includes footnotes added by Hamilton in June—August 2021 citing her published work.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Oral History of Margaret Hamilton |
| Interviewer | David C. Brock |
| Year | 2017 |
| CHM Reference | X8164.2017 |
| Source | Computer History Museum |
| Legal | © 2017 Computer History Museum |
| File | 102738243-05-01-acc.pdf |
| Size | 466,926 bytes |
| Extraction | N/A (born-digital transcript) |
Source URL:
computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102738243SHA-256:
4fe522d686f23511364f0bbf899085655b55780c6672941ac844a0955746cc33Tier 2 — Apollo Software Context
Section titled “Tier 2 — Apollo Software Context”Documents that frame Hamilton’s contributions within the broader Apollo program. All are public domain U.S. government works.
johnson-giller-1971/ — MIT’s Role in Apollo, Vol. 5: Software
Section titled “johnson-giller-1971/ — MIT’s Role in Apollo, Vol. 5: Software”The definitive institutional account of the Apollo software effort, written while the program was still active. At 337 pages, the most content-rich document in the archive.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | MIT’s Role in Project Apollo, Volume 5: The Software Effort |
| Authors | Madeline S. Johnson, Donald R. Giller |
| Year | 1971 |
| Report # | R-700 |
| NTRS ID | 19750067792 (citation only; PDF unavailable on current NTRS) |
| Source | MIT Digital Apollo archive |
| Legal | PD |
| File | mit-role-apollo-vol5-software.pdf |
| Size | 13,686,273 bytes |
| Extraction | Complete |
Source URLs:
Primary: web.mit.edu/digitalapollo/Documents/Chapter5/mitroleapollovi.pdfMirror: ibiblio.org/apollo/hrst/archive/967.pdfSHA-256:
87708dfee32e263a097f7cb1175e6acec27afbbffac3070d17c080eadba1f915hall-1977/ — MIT’s Role in Apollo, Vol. 3: Computer Subsystem
Section titled “hall-1977/ — MIT’s Role in Apollo, Vol. 3: Computer Subsystem”Eldon Hall’s account of the AGC hardware. Volume 3 of the same R-700 series as Johnson & Giller.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | MIT’s Role in Project Apollo, Volume 3: Computer Subsystem |
| Author | Eldon C. Hall |
| Year | 1977 |
| Report # | R-700 |
| NTRS ID | 19720063753 |
| Source | NASA Technical Reports Server |
| Legal | PD |
| File | mit-role-apollo-vol3-computer.pdf |
| Size | 10,990,333 bytes |
| Extraction | Complete |
Source URL:
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19720063753/downloads/19720063753.pdfSHA-256:
b2eb5e3d17ade5566997bae14f5f96f654d2bd462a1379de830fed279957501fnasa-1972-what-made-success/ — What Made Apollo a Success?
Section titled “nasa-1972-what-made-success/ — What Made Apollo a Success?”NASA’s own institutional assessment of Apollo success factors.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | What Made Apollo a Success? |
| Author | NASA Manned Spacecraft Center |
| Year | 1972 |
| Report # | NASA SP-287 |
| NTRS ID | 19720005243 |
| Source | NASA Technical Reports Server |
| Legal | PD |
| File | what-made-apollo-success-sp287.pdf |
| Size | 4,797,664 bytes |
| Extraction | Complete |
Source URL:
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19720005243/downloads/19720005243.pdfSHA-256:
03fc440b16cd62fa2f8b339e0d85a01ddf77109a23452a1e9c4603bab76a79b6nasa-2009-gnc-hardware/ — Apollo GNC Hardware Overview
Section titled “nasa-2009-gnc-hardware/ — Apollo GNC Hardware Overview”| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Apollo Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Hardware Overview |
| Author | Michael Interbartolo |
| Year | 2009 |
| NTRS ID | 20090016290 |
| Source | NASA Technical Reports Server |
| Legal | PD |
| File | apollo-gnc-hardware-overview.pdf |
| Size | 1,748,910 bytes |
| Extraction | Complete |
Source URL:
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20090016290/downloads/20090016290.pdfSHA-256:
9b759e8451aedfb0b60e5196d609197a92ef59812413a57235a2ababf2f7b0d7nasa-2009-learning/ — Apollo: Learning From the Past
Section titled “nasa-2009-learning/ — Apollo: Learning From the Past”| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Apollo: Learning From the Past, For the Future |
| Author | Michael R. Grabois |
| Year | 2009 |
| NTRS ID | 20090029988 |
| Source | NASA Technical Reports Server |
| Legal | PD |
| File | apollo-learning-from-past.pdf |
| Size | 6,337,194 bytes |
| Extraction | Complete |
Source URL:
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20090029988/downloads/20090029988.pdfSHA-256:
e1eb75a7150938528899b58d5b1db5282d2cb95fa303641082008b7ad09f8921nasa-1989-managing/ — Managing the Moon Program
Section titled “nasa-1989-managing/ — Managing the Moon Program”Oral history workshop transcript from 1989, published 1999. Features Howard Tindall, George Mueller, Christopher Kraft, Robert Gilruth, Max Faget, and Owen Morris.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Managing the Moon Program: Lessons Learned from Project Apollo |
| Author | NASA Headquarters |
| Year | 1999 (based on 1989 oral histories) |
| Report # | NASA/NP-1999-6-250-HQ |
| NTRS ID | 19990053708 |
| Source | NASA Technical Reports Server |
| Legal | PD |
| File | managing-moon-program.pdf |
| Size | 3,241,458 bytes |
| Extraction | Pending |
Source URL:
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19990053708/downloads/19990053708.pdfSHA-256:
7570bbb67255a3667d33f99ef9e939d8cad781aa0edd7ea8904228119d8a6f42mccracken-1971-datamation/ — McCracken’s “The Ambivalence Lingers” (Datamation)
Section titled “mccracken-1971-datamation/ — McCracken’s “The Ambivalence Lingers” (Datamation)”The January 1, 1971 issue of Datamation containing Daniel McCracken’s article on the state of the software profession. Context for the industry discourse Hamilton was contributing to.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Datamation, January 1, 1971 (contains McCracken’s “The Ambivalence Lingers”) |
| Author | Daniel D. McCracken (article); various (magazine) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Source | bitsavers.org |
| Legal | Archived magazine scan. Original copyright Cahners Publishing. |
| File | datamation-19710101.pdf |
| Size | 9,727,680 bytes |
| Extraction | Pending |
Source URL:
bitsavers.org/pdf/datamation/Datamation_1971-01-01.pdfSHA-256:
22a6104d3bd6a93f424acf2de85e3349fd644f71a8c3264a6a94c166ec24dc54Tier 3 — Technical Analysis
Section titled “Tier 3 — Technical Analysis”averill-2022/ — Brief Analysis of the AGC
Section titled “averill-2022/ — Brief Analysis of the AGC”A modern analysis of the Apollo Guidance Computer’s hardware architecture, providing accessible context for understanding the constraints Hamilton’s software operated within.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | A Brief Analysis of the Apollo Guidance Computer |
| Author | Charles Averill (UT Dallas) |
| Year | 2022 |
| arXiv ID | 2201.08230 |
| Source | arXiv |
| Legal | OA |
| File | agc-analysis.pdf |
| Size | 379,005 bytes |
| Extraction | Complete |
Source URL:
arxiv.org/pdf/2201.08230SHA-256:
16457f5ce39795c29e7747b81ed1d6230af2e0547c05c59346e9059a63b22882mindell-2008/ — Digital Apollo
Section titled “mindell-2008/ — Digital Apollo”David Mindell’s definitive history of the human-machine relationship in Apollo spaceflight. Provides essential context for understanding the engineering culture and design philosophy that shaped Hamilton’s work.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight |
| Author | David A. Mindell |
| Year | 2008 |
| Publisher | MIT Press |
| ISBN | 978-0-262-13497-2 |
| Source | MIT Press (research copy) |
| Legal | Copyrighted (MIT Press). Research copy. |
| File | digital-apollo-mindell-2008.pdf |
| Size | 2,699,264 bytes |
| Extraction | Pending |
SHA-256:
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