Digital Apollo : human and machine in spaceflight /
Mindell, David A.
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : The MIT Press,
c2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-334) and index.
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.
Project Apollo (U.S.)
Human-machine systems.
Astronautics
Manned space flight