Comment Re:If True: Shameful (Score 1) 258
There were no doubt many folks involved in that sling shot maneuver. A woman employee of TRW was mentioned in the Company's monthly newsletter, as being part of that effort but I never saw her acknowledged again. The last name is hard to forget, a Ms Kludge, a mathematician probably an OD specialist. TRW, which is now part of Northrop Grumman Corporation played a significant role on the Apollo project, supplying the Abort Guidance System (AGS), Digital Data and Entry (DEDA) besides the Lunar Descent Engine (LEMD).