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"Digital Apollo" by David Mindell is also excellent. It covers the development of the AGC and other flight computers at the Instrumentation Lab, and puts a lot
by wibbily 3y ago
"Digital Apollo" by David Mindell is also excellent. It covers the development of the AGC and other flight computers at the Instrumentation Lab, and puts a lot of the design details of the AGC in context.
- KineticLensman 3y agoAgree with this recommendation. There's also a lot on the related 'cultural' aspects as the designs evolved, e.g. pilots vs. mission control in terms of who has primacy, who has the best instrumentation, etc.