Oh my – Ivanpah meets Margaret Hamilton

Oh my – Ivanpah meets Margaret Hamilton

I have no idea of what to make of this, except to make a quick post here. Margaret Hamilton is a computer scientist/software engineer responsible for much of the on-board Apollo computer system, a rather amazing piece of technology from the 1960s that got Apollo astronauts to the moon and back. Ivanpah is a thermal solar energy system comprised of many mirrors to concentrate sunlight on a tower to power a heat engine that makes electricity.  It’s a rather amazing piece of 2010s technology that has never quite worked right.

What do you do with the mirrors at night? Apparently make a tribute to Margaret Hamilton in the moonlight.  I suppose it’s the thought that counts.

Ivanpah solar mirrors configured for moonlit artwork

See the full story at Her software put men on the moon. Fifty years later, Margaret Hamilton got a glowing moonlit tribute.

via Watts Up With That?

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July 19, 2019 at 09:49PM

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