Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight by David A. Mindell

Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight

David A. Mindell

359 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced

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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.As Apollo 11's Lunar Module descended toward the moon under automatic control, a program alarm in the guidance co...

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