Space Shuttle: The First 100 Missions
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SPACE SHUTTLE - 3rd Edition
The eighty year history of developing reusable lifting-reentry spacecraft. From the early works of Eugen Sanger in Germany to the Cold War developments in the US, then finally to the ultimate experiment - the Space Shuttle. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first Space Shuttle launch, this greatly enlarged third edition adds many previously uncovered early designs, details the latest modifications to the operational vehicles, and provides expanded coverage of the first 100 Space Shuttle missions.
Choice Magazine (American Library Association), January 2003 "Outstanding Title" for 2002. "Jenkins offers a comprehensive and engaging story of the development of the US Space Shuttle ..."
"The book is so crammed with photos, drawings and references on nearly every page that readers might be tempted to try to build their own Shuttles . . . This book is clearly a labor of love, and a true must-have for any Shuttle fan." --- T.D. Oswalt, Florida Institute of Technology
8.5 X 11
514 pgs.
Over 1000 color and b/w photos and illustrations
Hardback
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The eighty year history of developing reusable lifting-reentry spacecraft. From the early works of Eugen Sanger in Germany to the Cold War developments in the US, then finally to the ultimate experiment - the Space Shuttle. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first Space Shuttle launch, this greatly enlarged third edition adds many previously uncovered early designs, details the latest modifications to the operational vehicles, and provides expanded coverage of the first 100 Space Shuttle missions.
Choice Magazine (American Library Association), January 2003 "Outstanding Title" for 2002. "Jenkins offers a comprehensive and engaging story of the development of the US Space Shuttle ..."
"The book is so crammed with photos, drawings and references on nearly every page that readers might be tempted to try to build their own Shuttles . . . This book is clearly a labor of love, and a true must-have for any Shuttle fan." --- T.D. Oswalt, Florida Institute of Technology
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