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Development of the shuttle, 1972-1981 : history of the space shuttle

Basing his work on virtually untapped NASA archives, T.A. Heppenheimer has produced the second volume of his definitive history of the space shuttle. Volume Two traces the development of the shuttle through a decade of engineering setbacks and breakthroughs, program-management challenges, and political strategizing, culminating in the first launch in April 1981. The focus is on the 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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  • "Space shuttle decision, 1965-1972"
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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."
  • "Basing his work on virtually untapped NASA archives, T.A. Heppenheimer has produced the second volume of his definitive history of the space shuttle. Volume Two traces the development of the shuttle through a decade of engineering setbacks and breakthroughs, program-management challenges, and political strategizing, culminating in the first launch in April 1981. The focus is on the 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."@en
  • "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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  • "History of the space shuttle. Vol. 2, Development of the Shuttle, 1972-1981"
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  • "The Space Shuttle decision, 1965 - 1972"
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  • "History of the space shuttle/ 2, Development of the shuttle, 1972 - 1981"
  • "Development of the Space Shuttle, 1972-1981"
  • "History of the space shuttle. Volume 2, Development of the shuttle, 1972-1981"
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  • "History of the space shuttle. Volume 1, The space shuttle decision, 1965-1972"
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  • "History of the space shuttle. Vol. 1, The space shuttle decision, 1965-1972"
  • "The Space Shuttle decision, 1965-1972"

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