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Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight

by David A. Mindell
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Synopsis

How human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate in flight—the lunar landings of NASA's Apollo program.

About the Author, David A. Mindell

David A. Mindell is Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing, Professor of Engineering Systems, and Director of the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT. He is the author of Between Human and Machine: Feedback, Control, and Computing before Cybernetics and War, Technology, and Experience aboard the USS Monitor.

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Book Details

Published
May 1, 2008
Publisher
MIT Press
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780262134972

More by David A. Mindell

Between Human and Machine: Feedback, Control, and Computing before Cybernetics
Between Human and Machine: Feedback, Control, and Computing before Cybernetics
War, Technology, and Experience aboard the U. S. S. Monitor
War, Technology, and Experience aboard the U. S. S. Monitor
Iron Coffin: War, Technology, and Experience aboard the USS Monitor
Iron Coffin: War, Technology, and Experience aboard the USS Monitor

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