DEVM SPACE SHUTTLE
Author | : Heppenheimer Ta |
Publisher | : Smithsonian |
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Release | : 2002-05-17 |
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ISBN | : 9781588340092 |
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Author | : Heppenheimer Ta |
Publisher | : Smithsonian |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2002-05-17 |
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ISBN | : 9781588340092 |
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology |
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Total Pages | : 602 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Astronautics |
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Total Pages | : 75 |
Release | : 1981 |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology |
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Total Pages | : 682 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Astronautics |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics |
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Total Pages | : 1032 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Manned space flight |
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Author | : T. A. Heppenheimer |
Publisher | : Smithsonian Institution |
Total Pages | : 552 |
Release | : 2014-09-30 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 158834441X |
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.
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Total Pages | : 852 |
Release | : 1978 |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics |
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Total Pages | : 860 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Astronautics |
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Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 1999-02-21 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309063825 |
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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Total Pages | : 540 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Space shuttles |
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