Digital Apollo : human and machine in spaceflight /
Mindell, David A,
Digital Apollo : human and machine in spaceflight / David A. Mindell. - xiii, 359 páginas : ilustraciones
Incluye bibliografía.
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.
In each of the six Apollo landings, the astronaunt in command seized control from the computer and landed with his hand on the stick. Here, Mindell recounts the story of these astronauts´ desire to control their spacecraft in parallel with the Apollo Guidance Computer, and muses on human-computer interaction.
0262134977 9780262134972
Proyecto Apolo (Estados Unidos)--Historia.
Astronáutica--Historia.--Estados Unidos
Sistemas hombre-máquina.
Vuelo espacial tripulado.--Historia.
629.474 / M663d 2008
Digital Apollo : human and machine in spaceflight / David A. Mindell. - xiii, 359 páginas : ilustraciones
Incluye bibliografía.
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.
In each of the six Apollo landings, the astronaunt in command seized control from the computer and landed with his hand on the stick. Here, Mindell recounts the story of these astronauts´ desire to control their spacecraft in parallel with the Apollo Guidance Computer, and muses on human-computer interaction.
0262134977 9780262134972
Proyecto Apolo (Estados Unidos)--Historia.
Astronáutica--Historia.--Estados Unidos
Sistemas hombre-máquina.
Vuelo espacial tripulado.--Historia.
629.474 / M663d 2008