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Author : Heppenheimer Ta
Release : 2002-05-17
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Book Synopsis DEVM SPACE SHUTTLE by : Heppenheimer Ta
Download or read book DEVM SPACE SHUTTLE written by Heppenheimer Ta. This book was released on 2002-05-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : T. A. Heppenheimer
Release : 2014-09-30
Genre : Science
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Book Synopsis History of the Space Shuttle, Volume Two by : T. A. Heppenheimer
Download or read book History of the Space Shuttle, Volume Two written by T. A. Heppenheimer. This book was released on 2014-09-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basing his work on virtually untapped NASA archives, T. A. Heppenheimer has produced the second volume of his definitive history of the space shuttle. Volume Two traces the development of the shuttle through a decade of engineering setbacks and breakthroughs, program-management challenges, and political strategizing, culminating in the first launch in April 1981. The focus is on the engineering challenges—propulsion, thermal protection, electronics, onboard systems—and the author covers in depth the alternative vehicles developed by the U.S. Air Force and European countries. The first launch entailed a monumental amount of planning and preparation that Heppenheimer explains in detail.
Author : National Research Council
Release : 1999-02-21
Genre : Science
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Book Synopsis Upgrading the Space Shuttle by : National Research Council
Download or read book Upgrading the Space Shuttle written by National Research Council. This book was released on 1999-02-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The space shuttle is a unique national resource. One of only two operating vehicles that carries humans into space, the space shuttle functions as a scientific laboratory and as a base for construction, repair, and salvage missions in low Earth orbit. It is also a heavy-lift launch vehicle (able to deliver more than 18,000 kg of payload to low Earth orbit) and the only current means of returning large payloads to Earth. Designed in the 1970s, the shuttle has frequently been upgraded to improve safety, cut operational costs, and add capability. Additional upgrades have been proposed-and some are under way-to combat obsolescence, further reduce operational costs, improve safety, and increase the ability of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to support the space station and other missions. In May 1998, NASA asked the National Research Council (NRC) to examine the agency's plans for further upgrades to the space shuttle system. The NRC was asked to assess NASA's method for evaluating and selecting upgrades and to conduct a top-level technical assessment of proposed upgrades.
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Book Synopsis Space shuttle further improvements needed in NASA's modernization efforts : report to congressional requesters. by :
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Author : Piers Bizony
Release : 2015-04-01
Genre : Technology & Engineering
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Book Synopsis The Space Shuttle by : Piers Bizony
Download or read book The Space Shuttle written by Piers Bizony. This book was released on 2015-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get a full retrospective of all 134 flights, every mission, of the space shuttle program. This superbly designed and lavishly illustrated reissue of the best-selling hardcover book marks a special moment in history: the final mission of the space shuttle. Noted space and science author Piers Bizony's retrospective covers the entire space shuttle program that began in 1981 and ended in 2011. Every space shuttle mission is detailed, including all flights of the Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour spacecraft. The book also covers the development and design of the orbiter, as well as the technical specifications of the vehicle and details of its major assemblies and subassemblies. A full double-gatefold provides a large-scale technical drawing of the space shuttle. If you never got to watch the countdown clock in person during a space shuttle launch, The Space Shuttle is your chance to relive the history of America's first low Earth orbital spacecraft.
