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Billie Robertson Works on Apollo 17

Mathematician Billie Robertson funs a November 27, 1972 real-time simulation of Trans Lunar Injection (TLI) Go-No-Go for Apollo
Mathematician Billie Robertson funs a November 27, 1972 real-time simulation of Translunar Injection (TLI) Go-No-Go for Apollo 17.

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center mathematician Billie Robertson runs a November 27, 1972 real-time simulation of Translunar Injection (TLI) Go-No-Go for Apollo 17. Over a career stretching from 1952 to 1979, Robertson worked on a number of programs ranging from the guidance and control systems for Explorer I to the development of computer models for launches during the Apollo, Skylab, and Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) programs.

Image credit: NASA/Moss