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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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Abstract:
How human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate in flight--the lunar landings of NASA's Apollo program.
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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 getting a man to the moon. Digital Apollo succeeds in providing an inside track to one of the most difficult technological challenges of the 20th century." -- coolhunting.com "Mindell joyfully plumbs the deep history of Apollo's decade-long clash between the MIT eggheads who built the computers and the thrill-jockey military test pilots who used them." IEEE Spectrum Read more...
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