The Voyages of Columbia: The First True Spaceship

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Columbia University Press, 1984 - Science - 223 pages
Traces the development of the space shuttle, describes the political and technological problems the program faced, and looks at future uses of the shuttle.
 

Contents

TWO Orphan of the Storm
15
FOUR The Gold over the Rainbow
43
FIVE From Success to Failing
59
SEVEN Shield of Sand
83
EIGHT The Universe or Nothing
98
NINE Countdown
110
ELEVEN First Flight of a Used Spaceship
144
TWELVE Eight Days in March
161
THIRTEEN The Fourth Test
180
FOURTEEN We Deliver
190
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