Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight

by David A. Mindell

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The incredible story of how human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate achievement 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 computer's software nearly caused a mission abort. Neil Armstrong responded by switching off the automatic mode and taking direct control. He stopped monitoring...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0262516101

ISBN13:9780262516105

Release Date:September 2011

Publisher:MIT Press

Length:376 Pages

Weight:1.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 7.1" x 9.0"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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