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Digital Apollo : human and machine in spaceflight / David A. Mindell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mindell, David A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Project Apollo (U.S.).
- Human-machine systems.
- Project Apollo (U.S.)--History.
- Astronautics--United States--History.
- Astronautics.
- History.
- United States.
- Manned space flight--History.
- Manned space flight.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2008]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-334) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780262134972
- 0262134977
- OCLC:
- 163594148
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