EAN: 9783319549446

SPRINGER PRAXIS BOOKS THE SPACE SHUTTLE PROGR...

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 shuttle's many missions and will refocus interest on a remarkable flying machine and space
program that is often pushed to the background.

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