Fascinating video of a look at the work of Marjorie Townsend revamping the analog weather information of a satellite to digital. Hard to miss the undertone of male superiority while trying to acknowledge her work (watch the male narrator not giving her enough space to write on the blackboard). Seems like a great engineering manager to have worked with. Sad that so few females select engineering as their profession.
Interesting bit is using an 8-track tape like mechanism to record the data in space! And use of analog to digital converters, transistor digital logic, and hybrid modules (granddaddy of today's integrated circuits).
It has less than 300 views so for a change, you will have seen something that others on the net have not.
Interesting bit is using an 8-track tape like mechanism to record the data in space! And use of analog to digital converters, transistor digital logic, and hybrid modules (granddaddy of today's integrated circuits).
It has less than 300 views so for a change, you will have seen something that others on the net have not.
