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Title:
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The Space Shuttle decision, 1965-1972
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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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978-1-58834-014-6
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Size:
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xiv, 469 p. / ill. / 24 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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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Heppenheimer looks back at the shuttle's technical antecedents such as the X-15 rocket plane and rocket booster technologies, and illuminates the principal personalities involved in the space shuttle decision and their motivations. He traces NASA's evolving program goals, the technical calculations, political maneuvering, and fiscal constraints, and explains the myriad designs that preceded the shuttle concept. In closing, he looks in detail at the circumstances leading to the politically charges development of 1972.
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