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The Space Shuttle: An Experimental Flying Machine = Foreword by Former Space Shuttle Commander Sid Gutierrez /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Space Shuttle: An Experimental Flying Machine/ by Ben Evans.
Reminder of title:	Foreword by Former Space Shuttle Commander Sid Gutierrez /
Author:	Evans, Ben.
Description:	XI, 291 p. 102 illus., 99 illus. in color.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Popular Science in Technology. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70777-4
ISBN:	9783030707774

The Space Shuttle: An Experimental Flying Machine = Foreword by Former Space Shuttle Commander Sid Gutierrez /
Evans, Ben.

The Space Shuttle: An Experimental Flying MachineForeword by Former Space Shuttle Commander Sid Gutierrez /[electronic resource] :by Ben Evans. - 1st ed. 2021. - XI, 291 p. 102 illus., 99 illus. in color.online resource. - Space Exploration,2731-541X. - Space Exploration,.

List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: A Butterfly and a Bullet -- Chapter 2: On the Ground -- Chapter 3: Blowing the Bolts -- Chapter 4: Riding the Main Engines -- Chapter 5: Big, Dumb Boosters -- Chapter 6: The External Tank -- Chapter 7: The Shuttle's Fragile Skin -- Chapter 8: The Short and the Long -- Chapter 9: Unexpected Failures -- Chapter 10: Sickness and Space Suits -- Chapter 11: Where to Land -- Index. .

This book explains how the achievements of the Space Shuttle, the world’s first reusable manned spacecraft, were built on the foundation of countless technical challenges. Through thick and thin, the Space Shuttle remained the centerpiece of the American human spaceflight program for three decades. In addition to deploying satellites, planetary probes and, of course, the Hubble Space Telescope, it delivered astronauts to the Mir space station and assembled and sustained the International Space Station. Yet the path to these incredible achievements was never an easy one, with some obstacles resulting in the loss of life and other major consequences that plagued the fleet throughout its operational career. The book adopts a challenge-by-challenge approach, focusing on specific difficulties and how (if at all) they were fully overcome. Going beyond the technical issues, it relates the human stories of each incident and how changes were effected in order to make the shuttle an exceptionally safer – though still experimental – flying machine.

ISBN: 9783030707774

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-70777-4doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1069570
Popular Science in Technology.

LC Class. No.: T-TX

Dewey Class. No.: 600

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