Gladys West, a Naval mathematician, programmed IBM7030 Stretch computers to calculate an accurate geodetic Earth model, a building block for what became the #GPS orbit. “You never think that anything you are doing militarily is going to be that exciting!"https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/nov/19/gladys-west-the-hidden-figure-who-helped-invent-gps?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other …
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