SOME INFORMATION PROCESSING IMPLICATIONS OF AIR FORCE SPACE MISSIONS: 1970-1980

Abstract : Contents: Hardware trends and operational requirements; Most jobs will not have to strain the hardware; On-board computing: software costs; On- board computing: total system costs; Real-time image processing; Image processing considerations; Information processing: Sts innovations; Sts: hardware implications; Sts: software implications; Difficulty of full software certification; Apollo software certification; and Relative importance of software testing.