Space Shuttle Program
How NASA Lost Its Way
This critical study of NASA's space shuttle program provides an in-depth examination of the events, decisions, and policies that may have contributed to the horrific destruction of the shuttles Challenger and Columbia. It first traces the early development of NASA's shuttle program, specifically examining the problems associated with the designs of shuttles OV-099 (which was to become Challenger) and OV-102 (which was to become Columbia). The reader is then taken through a detailed look at the first successful flights made by Challenger and Columbia and the cancellation of top-secret Shuttle flight 51-C (which would have launched under nearly…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7864-3434-3
- EAN: 9780786434343
- Produktnummer: 3399333
- Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 356 S.
- Masse: H25.4 cm x B17.8 cm x D1.9 cm 670 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 670
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