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"Moon Machines" -- an incredible series if you haven't seen it, with episodes on building the flight computer, etc -- has an excellent episode on the story behi
by gdubs 13y ago
"Moon Machines" -- an incredible series if you haven't seen it, with episodes on building the flight computer, etc -- has an excellent episode on the story behind the spacesuit:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xxxikn_moon-machines-2008-part-5-the-space-suit_tech http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xxxikn_moon-machines-2008-p...
- hcrisp 13y agoA good companion book is "How Apollo Flew to the Moon", by W. David Woods. It fills in a lot of the technical detail that other Apollo space program books omit, without forgetting the human dimension. Amazing effort by a man who is not an engineer, nor affiliated with the original Apollo program. He just had an interest that grew over the years until he was encouraged to put his knowledge into a book. He wrote it like he was explaining Apollo to a friend at his day job.
- kahirsch 13y agoThanks, that's a very good video.
- AYBABTME 13y agoJust finished watching the whole series after your comment 6h ago. Was very nice, and gave perspective to engineering practices, notably testing, time management, complexity management. All kinds of things we have to deal with in the immaterial software world, they had to deal with at such large scale, with little room for error. Also the episode about the guidance software was all the more relevant.
- gdubs 13y agoGreat way to spend a Sunday! Yes, the guidance software episode is particularly relevant; it was the first one I watched. Puts today's software engineering in perspective.