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Annie Easley moved from hand calculation to programming, developing and testing code for energy systems, battery research and NASA's Centaur upper-stage rocket.

Annie Easley changes the operating language

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Easley joined the aircraft engine laboratory in Cleveland in 1955 as one of only four Black employees, calculating research problems by hand. As electronic computers took over, she learned FORTRAN and SOAP rather than letting automation define the edge of her career. Her code supported studies of alternative power and the liquid-hydrogen Centaur stage that sent spacecraft toward the Moon and planets. Adaptability here was not a slogan; it was a new syntax learned while the workplace itself was changing.

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Annie Easley elle hesaplamadan programcılığa geçti; enerji sistemleri, batarya araştırmaları ve NASA'nın Centaur üst kademe roketi için kod geliştirip sınadı.
Annie Easley çalışma dilini değiştiriyor

Easley 1955'te Cleveland'daki uçak motoru laboratuvarına, yalnızca dört Siyah çalışandan biri olarak girdi ve araştırma problemlerini elle hesapladı. Elektronik bilgisayarlar işi devralırken otomasyonun kariyer sınırını çizmesine izin vermek yerine FORTRAN ile SOAP öğrendi. Kodu alternatif enerji çalışmalarını ve uzay araçlarını Ay'a ve gezegenlere yönelten sıvı hidrojenli Centaur kademesini destekledi. Burada uyum sağlamak bir slogan değildi; işyeri değişirken öğrenilen yeni bir söz dizimiydi.

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