Software Development Lessons from the Apollo Program

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1. S O F T WA R E D E V E L O P M E N T
   L E S S O N S F R O M T H E A P O L L O
   S PA C E P R O G R A M
   Julian Simioni
   @juliansimioni
   

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5. HANDLE FAILURE GRACEFULLY
   

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6. T E S T I N G
   • unit tests prove your code

   • integration tests prove your
   communication

   • test off-nominal cases
   

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7. T E A M S
   

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8. W O R K I N G W I T H 

   U S E R S 

   

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9. W O R K I N G W I T H 

   U S E R S 

   A S T R O N A U T S
   

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11. J U L I A N S I M I O N I
    @ J U L I A N S I M I O N I 

    H T T P : / / J U L I A N S I M I O N I . C O M
    

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12. R E S O U R C E S
    • Digital Apollo by David Mindell

    http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Apollo-Human-Machine-Spaceflight/dp/0262516101/ref=sr_1_1?
    ie=UTF8&qid=1395287844&sr=8-1&keywords=digital+apollo
    • Journey To The Moon by Eldon Hall

    http://www.amazon.com/Journey-Moon-Library-Flight-Eldon/dp/156347185X/ref=sr_1_1?
    ie=UTF8&qid=1395287869&sr=8-1&keywords=eldon+hall
    • Moonjs Apollo Guidance Computer Simulator

    http://svtsim.com/moonjs/agc.html
    • Caltech History of Recent Science & Technology AGC Conferences

    http://authors.library.caltech.edu/5456/1/hrst.mit.edu/hrs/apollo/public/documents.htm
    • Tales from the Lunar Module Guidance Computer by Don Eyles

    http://www.doneyles.com/LM/Tales.html
    • MIT’s Role in Project Apollo Volume V: The Software Effort http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-
    technology-and-society/sts-471j-engineering-apollo-the-moon-project-as-a-complex-system-
    spring-2007/readings/1_4_9_mit_role.pdf
    

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13. P H O T O C R E D I T S
    • Earthrise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise.jpg
    • Apollo 17 on the launch pad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
    File:Apollo_17_The_Last_Moon_Shot_Edit1.jpg
    • Apollo Guidance Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Agc_view.jpg
    • Apollo 11 Lunar Module in Lunar orbit https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
    File:Apollo_11_Lunar_Module_Eagle_in_landing_configuration_in_lunar_orbit_from_the_Comma
    nd_and_Service_Module_Columbia.jpg
    • F-1 engine testing at Edwards AFB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:F-1_Engine_Test_Firing.jpg
    • Mission control after successful Apollo 13 splashdown https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
    File:Mission_Control_celebrates_successful_splashdown_of_Apollo_13.jpg
    • Apollo 1 crew during water egress training https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
    File:Apollo_1_crew_during_water_egress_training,_June_1966.jpg
    • AGC display and keyboard http://appel.nasa.gov/2007/10/01/apollo-a-young-engineers-
    perspective/
    

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