[PDF.44ne] Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight (MIT Press)

Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight (MIT Press)

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 | #339421 in Books |  2011-09-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.88 x7.00l,1.61 | File type: PDF | 376 pages

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||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Much More Than the Title Implies|By Terry Sunday|You might think a book entitled "Digital Apollo" would be about the development, programming and operation of the digital computers in the Apollo Command (CM) and Lunar (LM) Modules. You would be partially right. About half of Dr. David Mindell's superb volume covers those subjects, very readably and in great detail. But the book| ||[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 provi

As Apollo 11's Lunar Module descended toward the moon under automatic control, a program alarm in the guidance computer's software nearly caused a mission abort. Neil Armstrong responded by switching off the automatic mode and taking direct control. He stopped monitoring the computer and began flying the spacecraft, relying on skill to land it and earning praise for a triumph of human over machine. In Digital Apollo, engineer-historian David Mindell takes this ...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight (MIT Press)   |  David A. Mindell. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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