Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight by David A. Mindell

Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight

David A. Mindell

359 pages first pub 2008 (view editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
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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 contro...

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