Post Ak2bXBsTwvl1lUzMS8 by NireBryce@hachyderm.io
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(DIR) Post #Ak2bXBsTwvl1lUzMS8 by NireBryce@hachyderm.io
2024-07-18T00:40:36Z
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does anyone have good recommendations on: the engineering history of the Gemini and Apollo programs? Ideally something that's got the depth but interestingness-of-writing that *The Making of the Atomic Bomb* has.
(DIR) Post #Ak3QTxkX7ITcjzUN1c by FredKiesche@dice.camp
2024-07-18T10:52:25Z
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@NireBryce @nyrath I just finished this, which was about more than the computer systems. https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Apollo-Human-Machine-Spaceflight-ebook/dp/B08BSZNXFS
(DIR) Post #Ak3QTylHM0fRsaqTpI by FredKiesche@dice.camp
2024-07-18T10:53:14Z
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@NireBryce @nyrath And have this one coming up. https://www.amazon.com/Apollo-Guidance-Computer-Architecture-Operation-ebook/dp/B00HWUN4ZY
(DIR) Post #Ak3QTzqdJaXpFUMGoK by FredKiesche@dice.camp
2024-07-18T10:55:02Z
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@NireBryce @nyrath Apollo is such a large program that I don’t think anyone has done a single book like you are describing. But there are a lot of tight focus books like “Stages to Saturn” mentioned elsewhere in this thread.
(DIR) Post #Ak3QU0snT1rySUNVp2 by FredKiesche@dice.camp
2024-07-18T11:00:40Z
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@NireBryce @nyrath Also look to NASA itself for books. You can find PDF copies of books like “On the Shoulders of Titans” available. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19780012208
(DIR) Post #Ak3cV1LwP6TJejG01o by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2024-07-18T14:10:06Z
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@FredKiesche @NireBryce @nyrath The NASA History Office has also provided copies of the mission reports for early human missions.Here are the ones for Apollo: https://www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/alsj-mrs.html .These have plenty of depth on the engineering; but may not meet the "interestingness of writing" criterion.