Mindell, David A, <br/><br/>
Digital Apollo :  human and machine in spaceflight / 
David A. Mindell. 
 - xiii, 359 páginas :  ilustraciones 
<br/><br/>Incluye bibliografía. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0262134977 9780262134972 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Proyecto Apolo (Estados Unidos)--Historia.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Astronáutica--Historia.--Estados Unidos<br/>Sistemas hombre-máquina.<br/>Vuelo espacial tripulado.--Historia.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>629.474  / M663d 2008