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Author Mindell, David A.

Title Digital Apollo : human and machine in spaceflight / David A. Mindell.

Publication Info. Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (359 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-334) and index.
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.
Note Print version record.
Subject Project Apollo (U.S.) -- History.
Project Apollo (U.S.) -- History.
Project Apollo (U.S.) (OCoLC)fst00610722
Human-machine systems.
Astronautics -- United States -- History.
Manned space flight -- History.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Aeronautics & Astronautics.
Astronautics. (OCoLC)fst00819505
Human-machine systems. (OCoLC)fst00963500
Manned space flight. (OCoLC)fst01007789
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Mindell, David A. Digital Apollo. Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2008 9780262134972 0262134977 (DLC) 2007032255 (OCoLC)163594148
ISBN 9780262266673 (electronic bk.)
0262266679 (electronic bk.)
9781435643291 (electronic bk.)
1435643291 (electronic bk.)
9780262266680 (electronic bk.)
0262266687 (electronic bk.)
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