Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight (Hardcover) by Professor David A Mindell

from wpnoel

An excellent book on the development and integration of the flight computer to the Apollo Command Module and the Lunar Module. How it was decided on what roll the astronauts would have on actually flying the Apollo ships.

from ALinNY458

This is an excellent book about a critical element of the moon landing program, the development and integration of computer systems needed to get the command and lunar module to the moon and return safely. Technically knowledgeable readers (software developers) might find the book a bit light on ...

from JesperCFS2

As mere PC user with very little to no knowledge of the 'inner secrets' and history of data processing, this book was a 'beast' to read.Even if fascinating, more than much of the content was way over my head, like 'hardwired software' and 'read-only rope memory'. I also found the 'man vs machine'...

from wpnoel

An excellent book on the development and integration of the flight computer to the Apollo Command Module and the Lunar Module. How it was decided on what roll the astronauts would have on actually flying the Apollo ships.

from ALinNY458

This is an excellent book about a critical element of the moon landing program, the development and integration of computer systems needed to get the command and lunar module to the moon and return safely. Technically knowledgeable readers (software developers) might find the book a bit light on ...