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Apollo Guidance Computer

Frank O'Brien

  • Bindwijze: Paperback
  • Taal: en
  • Categorie: Technologie & Bouwkunde
  • ISBN: 9781441908766
Architecture and Operation
Inhoud
Taal:en
Bindwijze:Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum:12 juli 2010
Aantal pagina's:439
Illustraties:Nee
Betrokkenen
Hoofdauteur:Frank O'Brien
Hoofdauteur:Frank O'Brien
Character
Personage:Marvel
Overige kenmerken
Editie:1
Extra groot lettertype:Nee
Product breedte:178 mm
Product hoogte:32 mm
Product lengte:248 mm
Studieboek:Ja
Verpakking breedte:174 mm
Verpakking hoogte:30 mm
Verpakking lengte:240 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht:758 g
Overige kenmerken
Editie:1
Extra groot lettertype:Nee
Product breedte:178 mm
Product hoogte:32 mm
Product lengte:248 mm
Studieboek:Ja
Verpakking breedte:174 mm
Verpakking hoogte:30 mm
Verpakking lengte:240 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht:758 g

Samenvatting

The technological marvel that facilitated the Apollo missions to the Moon was the on-board computer. He regularly lectures on the Apollo computer and related topics to diverse groups, from NASA's computer engineering conferences, the IEEE/ACM, computer festivals and university student groups.



By today's standards, the on-board computer used by the Apollo astronaut's was a primitive affair, but in an age when most computers filled an entire room, this was small, required little power, and incorporated several technologies that were revolutionary for its time. This is the first book to fully describe the Apollo guidance computer's architecture, Executive software, and the programs used by astronauts. It describes the full range of technologies required in order to fly the Apollo lunar missions, and whicn enabled the astronauts to fly to the Moon - and back!