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How human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate in flight--the lunar landings of NASA's Apollo program.As Apollo 11's Lunar Module descended toward the moon under automatic control, a program alarm in the guidance computer's software nearly caused a mission abort. Neil Armstrong responded by switching off the automatic mode and taking direct control. He stopped monitoring the computer and began flying the spacecraft, relying on skill to land it and earning praise for a triumph of human over machine. In Digital Apollo, engineer-historian David Mindell takes this famous moment as a starting point for an exploration of the relationship between humans and computers in the Apollo program. In each of the six Apollo landings, the astronaut in command seized control from the computer and landed with his hand on the stick. Mindell recounts the story of astronauts' desire to control their spacecraft in parallel with the history of the Apollo Guidance Computer. From the early days of aviation through the birth of spaceflight, test pilots and astronauts sought to be more than "spam in a can" despite the automatic controls, digital computers, and software developed by engineers.Digital Apollo examines the design and execution of each of the six Apollo moon landings, drawing on transcripts and data telemetry from the flights, astronaut interviews, and NASA's extensive archives. Mindell's exploration of how human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate in flight--a lunar landing--traces and reframes the debate over the future of humans and automation in space. The results have implications for any venture in which human roles seem threatened by automated systems, whether it is the work at our desktops or the future of exploration.
Human-machine systems. --- Astronautics --- Manned space flight --- History. --- Project Apollo (U.S.) --- Human operators (Systems engineering) --- Human subsystems (Systems engineering) --- Man-machine control systems --- Man-machine systems --- Operator-machine systems --- Apollo Project (U.S.) --- United States. --- Progetto Apollo (U.S.) --- Engineering systems --- Human engineering --- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General --- PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General --- COMPUTER SCIENCE/Human Computer Interaction --- Human-machine systems --- Systèmes homme-machine --- Astronautique --- History --- Histoire
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"A trade book based on the final report of MIT's Work of the Future Task Force"--
Employees --- Technological innovations --- Automation --- Labor market --- Income distribution --- Labor policy --- Laborers --- Personnel --- Workers --- Persons --- Industrial relations --- Personnel management --- Automatic factories --- Automatic production --- Computer control --- Engineering cybernetics --- Factories --- Industrial engineering --- Mechanization --- Assembly-line methods --- Automatic control --- Automatic machinery --- CAD/CAM systems --- Robotics --- Effect of technological innovations on --- Social aspects --- Government policy --- #SBIB:316.334.2A330 --- #SBIB:316.334.2A340 --- #SBIB:316.334.2A554 --- Arbeidssociologie: regionale arbeidsmarktstudies --- Arbeidssociologie: ongelijkheden op de arbeidsmarkt: algemeen --- Partijen en strategieën in de onderneming: technologische verandering en zijn effecten op structuur en inhoud van de arbeidsposten --- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor --- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Reference --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies
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