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Engineering Apollo: The Moon Project as a Complex System >> Content Detail



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Lecture Notes

LEC #TOPICSSTUDENT NOTES
1Introduction and overview(PDF)
2Apollo as a complex system(PDF)
3Historical/technical analysis of engineering systems(PDF)
4Systems engineering and atlas(PDF)
5Organizing research from NACA to NASA(PDF)
6Sputnik, Mercury, and the Cold War(PDF)
7Kennedy's decision: From politics to engineering specs(PDF)
8The LOR decision(PDF)
9The Soviet moon program(PDF)
10Gemini and early Apollo engineering(PDF)
11Apollo guidance and control(PDF)
12Astronautical guidance(PDF)
13Engineering the LEM(PDF)
14Designing a landing(PDF)
15NASA's current moon plans(PDF)
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Apollo software

Presentation by Doug Cooke of NASA (PDF - 1.8 MB) (Courtesy of NASA.)

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17Apollo 11(PDF)
18Apollo 14: An astronaut's view(PDF)
19Apollo 12 and group project freetime(PDF)
20Covering Apollo: The role of the press(PDF)
21Life support and human factors I (PDF - 1.4 MB)(PDF)
22Bob Parker: Scientist-astronauts and lunar science(PDF)
23Student presentations
24Student presentations wrap-up(PDF)
25MIT museum trip
26Final class(PDF)

 








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