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Old November 17th 04, 01:50 PM
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"The Apollo Guidance Computer: A User's View" by David Scott

http://klabs.org/history/history_docs/ech/agc_scott.pdf

Document courtesy of Eldon Hall.

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rk, Just an OldEngineer
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As I read Hall's book on the Apollo Guidance computer, it appears the Dave
Scott was the NASA astronaut assigned for this specific Apollo system. Was
anyone else from the Apollo astronauts assigned to the MIT/Guidance computer
group?

gb


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Old November 18th 04, 04:46 AM
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On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 06:00:33 -0600, rk
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"The Apollo Guidance Computer: A User's View" by David Scott

http://klabs.org/history/history_docs/ech/agc_scott.pdf


....Of course, the one we *really* want to see is:

_The Apollo Guidance Computer For Dummies_

OM

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