software development lessons from the apollo program
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S O F T W A 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 P R O G R A M
Julian Simioni @juliansimioni
HANDLE FAILURE GRACEFULLY
T E S T I N G
• unit tests prove your code
• integration tests prove your communication
T E A M S
W O R K I N G W I T H U S E R S
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
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
R E S O U R C E S
• Digital Apollo by David Mindellhttp://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 Simulatorhttp://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 Eyleshttp://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
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_Command_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