The space shuttle : roles, missions, and accomplishments / David M. Harland
- Bib ID:
- 398428
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Harland, David M. (David Michael), 1955-
- Description:
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- Chichester ; New York : Wiley, 1998
- xxiii, 529 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0471981389 (alkaline paper) (cloth)
- Series:
- Wiley-Praxis series in space science and technology.
- Full contents:
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- Pt. 1. Operations. 1. Origins. 2. Shuttle operations. 3. Communications satellites. 4. No mission too difficult. 5. The darker side
- Pt. 2. Weightlessness. 6. Materials processing. 7. Facilities for commercial research. 8. Biology
- Pt. 3. Exploration. 9. The Hubble Space Telescope. 10. The Gamma Ray Observatory. 11. Spacelabs and free-flyers. 12. Forthcoming attractions. 13. Galilco's ordeal. 14. Dante's Inferno. 15. Magellan's triumph. 16. Home planet
- Pt. 4. Outpost. 17. Unexpected opportunity. 18. An island in the sky
- Pt. 5. Conclusions. 19. The evolving role
- Shuttle mission log.
- Notes:
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- "Published in association with Praxis Publishing, Chichester."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [503]-507) and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 1998
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