Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight

by David A. Mindell

Book Overview

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