Find a copy online
Find a copy in the library
Finding libraries that hold this item...
Details
Genre/Form: | Electronic books History Electronic book |
---|---|
Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Mindell, David A. Digital Apollo. Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2007032255 (OCoLC)163594148 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
David A Mindell |
ISBN: | 9780262266673 0262266679 9781435643291 1435643291 9780262266680 0262266687 0262134977 9780262134972 |
OCLC Number: | 228031739 |
Awards: | Winner of Winner of |
Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 359 pages) : illustrations |
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. |
Responsibility: | David A. Mindell. |
Abstract:
Reviews
Publisher Synopsis
[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.-James Thorne, 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 The book is a refreshing reminder that it is still possible to uncover new stories about the early years of the American space program.-Dwayne A. Day, Air & Space Read more...


Tags
Similar Items
Related Subjects:(12)
- Project Apollo (U.S.) -- History.
- Project Apollo (U.S.)
- Human-machine systems.
- Astronautics -- United States -- History.
- Manned space flight -- History.
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Aeronautics & Astronautics.
- Astronautics.
- Manned space flight.
- United States.
- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
- PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General
- COMPUTER SCIENCE/Human Computer Interaction