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The Space Shuttle Program: Technologies and Accomplishments (Springer Praxis Books)

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The Space Shuttle Program: Technologies and Accomplishments (Springer Praxis Books)

This book tells the story of the Space Shuttle in its many different roles as orbital launch platform, orbital workshop, and science and technology laboratory. It focuses on the technology designed and developed to support the missions of the Space Shuttle program. Each mission is examined, from both the technical and managerial viewpoints. Although outwardly identical, the capabilities of the orbiters in the late years of the program were quite different from those in 1981.

Sivolella traces the various improvements and modifications made to the shuttle over the years as part of each mission story. Technically accurate but with a pleasing narrative style and simple explanations of complex engineering concepts, the book provides details of many lesser known concepts, some developed but never flown, and commemorates the ingenuity of NASA and its partners in making each Space Shuttle mission push the boundaries of what we can accomplish in space.
Using press kits, original papers, newspaper and magazine articles, memoirs and interviews, this book provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available of the shuttleâ€™s many missions and will refocus interest on a remarkable flying machine and space program that is often pushed to the background.Â
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Country	USA
Author	Davide Sivolella
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9783319549446
Edition	1st ed. 2017
ISBN	3319549448
Label	Springer
Manufacturer	Springer
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	360
PublicationDate	2017-06-10
Publisher	Springer
ReleaseDate	2017-06-26
Studio	Springer

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