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Recommended Research Entry Points
This section provides lists of recommended readings for those interested
in further research on the AGC and related topics.
General secondary reading. This is a list of
general works about computing and spaceflight, designed to give the researcher a sense of
the varied contexts within the AGC fell.
AGC introductory materials.
The Cold War Context: Engineering the
Military-Industrial-Academic Complex.
New Technological Paths: Integrated
Circuits and Real-Time Digital Control Computers
Discipline and Control: Manufacturing
a Reliable Machine
AGC Introductory Materials
- Milton B. Trageser and David G. Hoag, Apollo Spacecraft Guidance
System, Report R-495 (Cambridge, MA: MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, Jun 1965).
- R. L. Alonso and J. H. Laning, Design
Principles for a General Control Computer, Report R-276 (Cambridge, MA: MIT
Instrumentation Laboratory, 1960).
- Milton B. Trageser, Correspondence to Robert G. Chilton, "Project
Apollo Guidance and Navigation: A Proposal for a Research, Development, and Space Flight
Program," C-577, 27 Jul 1961 (Cambridge, MA: MIT Instrumentation Laboratory.
- Eldon C. Hall, Journey to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Guidance
Computer (Reston, VA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1996).
- Eldon C. Hall, "From the Farm to
Pioneering with Digital Control Computers: An Autobiography," IEEE Annals of the
History of Computing 22 (Apr-Jun 2000): 22-31.
The Cold War Context: Engineering the
Military-Industrial-Academic Complex
- Charles S. Draper, "Role of Engineering in Space Exploration,"
[1961], available in Charles Stark Draper Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Box
26, Folder 6.
New Technological Paths: Integrated Circuits
and Real-Time Digital Control Computers
- Jayne Partridge, L. David Hanley, and Eldon C.
Hall, Progress Report on Attainable Reliability of Integrated Circuits for Systems
Application, Report E-1679 (Cambridge, MA: MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, Nov 1964).
- Albert L. Hopkins, A Fault-Tolerant
Information Processing Concept for Space Vehicles, Report R-682 (Cambridge, MA:
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Dec 1970).
- L. E. Larson, Jr., Correspondence to R. R. Ragan, "Briefing Material
for Dr. George E. Mueller's Visit to MIT/IL," 10 Aug 1967, MIT Museum Historical
Collections, Cambridge, MA, CSDL-HC Draper, Box 1, Folder "Apollo Photos: Written
Material," Subfolder "Notes".
Discipline and Control: Manufacturing a
Reliable Machine
- Raymond D. Speer, "Strict Control Kept
out Semiconductor Flaws," Electronic Design 17 (16 Aug 1969): 29.
- Eldon C. Hall, MIT's Role in Project Apollo, Vol. III: Computer
Subsystem, Report R-700 (Cambridge, MA: Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Aug 1972).
- James W. Useller, Clean Room Technology,
Report SP-5074 (Washington: Technology Utilization Division, NASA, 1969).
- Sandia Laboratories, Contamination Control
Handbook, NASA SP-5076 (Washington: Technology Utilization Division, NASA, 1969).
- Robert J. Schiesser, Principles of Cleanliness in the Assembly of
Inertial Instruments, Report R-409 (Cambridge, MA: MIT Instrumentation Laboratory,
1963).
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