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[โ€“] riodoro1 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dom Eyles knew fuck all about computers and mathematics but responded to a job offer at MIT and wrote a program that guided the lander to the moon.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

His Wikipedia page says he had a BSc in mathematics from Boston University, unless this is a different guy.