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Title:
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Development of the Space Shuttle, 1972-1981
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Authors:
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T.A. Heppenheimer
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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[S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002
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Series:
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History of the space shuttle
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-1-58834-009-2
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Size:
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xxvi, 478 p. / ill. / 24 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references
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Languages:
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English
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Subjects:
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Space shuttles--United States--History
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Description:
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Volume 2 traces the development of the shuttle through a decade of engineering setbacks and breakthroughts, program-management challenges, and political strategizing, culminating in the first launch in April 1981. The focus is on 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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