The role of computers in space exploration

  • Authors:
  • C. R. Gates;W. H. Pickering

  • Affiliations:
  • California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California;California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

  • Venue:
  • AFIPS '65 (Fall, part II) Proceedings of the November 30--December 1, 1965, fall joint computer conference, part II: computers: their impact on society
  • Year:
  • 1965

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Abstract

The modern digital computer has been fundamental to the space exploration program. Computers have profoundly affected almost every aspect of space technology, including spacecraft design, celestial mechanics, mission control, and the gathering and processing of data generated by the spacecraft. Indeed, the evolution and growth of computer technology is suggestively parallel to the growth in space technology.