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Digital Apollo : human and machine in spaceflight
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Digital Apollo : human and machine in spaceflight

Author: David A Mindell
Publisher: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2008.
Series: Inside technology.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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In each of the six Apollo landings, the astronaunt in command seized control from the computer and landed with his hand on the stick. Here, Mindell recounts the story of these astronauts' desire to control their spacecraft in parallel with the Apollo Guidance Computer, and muses on human-computer interaction.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: David A Mindell
ISBN: 9780262134972 0262134977 9780262516105 0262516101
OCLC Number: 488552882
Awards: Winner of American Astronautical Society Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award 2008.
Description: xiii, 359 s. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Human and machine in the race to the moon --
Chauffeurs and airmen in the age of systems --
Flying reentry : the X-15. Airmen in space --
"Braincase on the tip of a firecracker" : Apollo guidance --
Reliability or Repair? --
The Apollo computer --
Programs and people --
Designing a landing --
"Pregnant with alarm": Apollo 11. Five more hands on --
Human, machine, and the future of spaceflight.
Series Title: Inside technology.
Responsibility: David A. Mindell.
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How human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate in flight--the lunar landings of NASA's Apollo program.  Read more...

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"[A] wealth of research that even the most informed space fans can enjoy. Mindell avoids the temptation to glorify the space program, instead dealing with the nitty gritty logistics involved in Read more...

 
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