About this title: This eighty year history chronicles the development of reusable lifting-reentry spacecraft. From the early theoretical works of Eugen Sanger in Germany in the 1920s, through the Cold War developments in the United States, and finally to the ultimate flight experiment - the Space Shuttle. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first space shuttle launch, this greatly expanded 3rd edition adds previously uncovered early designs, details the latest modifications to the operational vehicles, explores some of the proposed future upgrades, and provides expanded coverage of the first one hundred ...
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Edition: Third Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dennis Jenkins
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780963397454ISBN:0963397451
Description: Fine Like New. No Jacket as Issued. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Fine clean copy, like new. Large and heavy book. No international shipping with amazon. read more
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