Space Shuttle

This is 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 United States, and finally to the ultimate experiment—the Space Shuttle. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first Space Shutt [...]
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This is 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 United States, and 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. Author Biography: Dennis R. Jenkins has spent the last twenty years working with NASA in the Space Shuttle program in the area of software development for space shuttle refueling systems. He has written more than 20 books.