Development of he Space Shuttle 1972 - 1981
History of the Space Shuttle Volume 2
Heppenheimer, T. A.
First Edition. Basing his work on virtually untapped NASA archives, T. A. Heppenheimer has produced the first two volumes of a definitive three-volume history of the space shuttle. Volume 2 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.
Hardcover with dust jacket
478 Seiten / pages
photos and technical drawings
very good condition, with a name label of the previous owner
Washington - London - 2002 - Smithsonian Institution Press
Art.Nr. 25280
