Digital Apollo by David A. Mindell
Human and Machine in Spaceflight
A concise history and analysis of the Apollo guidance computer and the human–machine partnership that made lunar missions possible, showing how astronauts, ground controllers, and rudimentary onboard software formed tightly coupled, distributed cognitive systems; it examines the technical decisions, real-time problem solving during crises, and cultural trade-offs that produced reliable flight operations and draws lessons for designing modern automated systems.
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- 2008
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