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001 2013044609
003 DLC
005 20140717083323.0
008 131231s2013 vaua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013044609
020 $a9781624102165 (alkaline paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aTL789.8.U6$bS665 2013
082 00 $a629.44/10973$223
100 1 $aLaunius, Roger D.
245 10 $aSpace shuttle legacy :$bhow we did it and what we learned /$cRoger D. Launius, Smithsonian Institution, John Krige, Georgia Institute of Technology, James I. Craig, Georgia Institute of Technology ; Ned Allen, editor-in-chief, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland.
264 1 $aReston, Virginia :$bAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.,$c[2013]
300 $axxxiv, 375 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aLibrary of flight series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aDefining the shuttle : the spaceplane tradition / Roger D. Launius -- Designing the shuttle : living within the political system / Roger D. Launius -- Managing the space shuttle : leadership, change, and big technology / W. Henry Lambright -- Engineering the engine : the space shuttle main engine / R.E. Biggs -- Protecting the body : the orbiter's thermal protection system / Dennis R. Jenkins -- Revolutionizing electronics : software and the challenge of flight control / Nancy G. Leveson -- Flying the shuttle : operations from preparation through flight to recovery / N. Wayne Hale -- Using the shuttle : operations on orbit / Matthew H. Hersch -- Losing the shuttle (or nearly) : accidents and anomalies / Stephen P. Waring -- Constructing a port in orbit : the space shuttle and building the space station / Howard E. McCurdy -- A victory for clean interfaces : Europe's participation in the Space Shuttle Program / John Krige -- Living and working on the shuttle : the challenge of routine / Amy E. Foster -- Wowing the public : the shuttle as a cultural icon / Linda Billings -- Retiring the space shuttle : what next? / John M. Logsdon -- Epilogue / John Krige.
610 20 $aSpace Shuttle Program (U.S.)$xHistory.
650 0 $aSpace shuttles$zUnited States$xHistory.
700 1 $aKrige, John.
700 1 $aCraig, James I.
700 1 $aAllen, Ned.