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The Space Shuttle: An Experimental Flying Machine
Foreword by Former Space Shuttle Commander Sid Gutierrez
Taschenbuch von Ben Evans
Sprache: Englisch

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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 theshuttle an exceptionally safer ¿ though still experimental ¿ flying machine.
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 theshuttle an exceptionally safer ¿ though still experimental ¿ flying machine.
Über den Autor

Ben Evans has been involved with the topic of space exploration, especially human space exploration, since childhood. He regularly wrote to NASA, corresponded with astronauts and attended lectures and events. Since 1992, Evans has written extensively for the magazines Spaceflight, Countdown, Astronomy Now, Astronomy, All About Space and BBC Sky at Night Magazine.

Evans is currently the senior writer for the website [...], where he covers space history, launches and International Space Station news. He has written nine previous books for the Springer-Praxis imprint, including NASA's Voyager Missions (2003), Space Shuttle Columbia (2005), and Space Shuttle Challenger (2006). More recently, Evans wrote a six-volume History of Human Space Exploration, published between 2009 to 2014.

Zusammenfassung

Explores the technical and human stories behind the evolution of the Space Shuttle program

Covers efforts made to enhance the shuttle's safety, including improvements to the engine, external tank, solid rocket booster systems, and drag chute

Includes recollections by shuttle astronauts, engineers and managers

Inhaltsverzeichnis
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.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Mathematik, Medizin, Naturwissenschaften, Technik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: xi
291 S.
3 s/w Illustr.
99 farbige Illustr.
291 p. 102 illus.
99 illus. in color.
ISBN-13: 9783030707767
ISBN-10: 3030707768
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Evans, Ben
Auflage: 1st edition 2021
Hersteller: Springer Nature Switzerland
Springer International Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße: 240 x 168 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Ben Evans
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.05.2021
Gewicht: 0,582 kg
Artikel-ID: 119606755
Über den Autor

Ben Evans has been involved with the topic of space exploration, especially human space exploration, since childhood. He regularly wrote to NASA, corresponded with astronauts and attended lectures and events. Since 1992, Evans has written extensively for the magazines Spaceflight, Countdown, Astronomy Now, Astronomy, All About Space and BBC Sky at Night Magazine.

Evans is currently the senior writer for the website [...], where he covers space history, launches and International Space Station news. He has written nine previous books for the Springer-Praxis imprint, including NASA's Voyager Missions (2003), Space Shuttle Columbia (2005), and Space Shuttle Challenger (2006). More recently, Evans wrote a six-volume History of Human Space Exploration, published between 2009 to 2014.

Zusammenfassung

Explores the technical and human stories behind the evolution of the Space Shuttle program

Covers efforts made to enhance the shuttle's safety, including improvements to the engine, external tank, solid rocket booster systems, and drag chute

Includes recollections by shuttle astronauts, engineers and managers

Inhaltsverzeichnis
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.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Mathematik, Medizin, Naturwissenschaften, Technik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: xi
291 S.
3 s/w Illustr.
99 farbige Illustr.
291 p. 102 illus.
99 illus. in color.
ISBN-13: 9783030707767
ISBN-10: 3030707768
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Evans, Ben
Auflage: 1st edition 2021
Hersteller: Springer Nature Switzerland
Springer International Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße: 240 x 168 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Ben Evans
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.05.2021
Gewicht: 0,582 kg
Artikel-ID: 119606755
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