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 P R O G R A M
Julian Simioni
@juliansimioni

5. HANDLE FAILURE GRACEFULLY

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

7. T E A M S

8. W O R K I N G W I T H
U S E R S

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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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_Comm
and_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