The International Space Station: Building for the FutureA comprehensive, highly readable account of complex, technical, political and human endeavor and a worthy successor to Creating the International Space Station (Springer Praxis, January 2002) by David Harland and John Catchpole. This volume details for the first time the construction and occupation of the International Space Station from 2002 through to 2008, when it should reach American “Core Complete”. |
Contents
The ISS Management and Cost Evaluation Task Force | 29 |
Commencing the Integrated Truss Structure | 35 |
Triumph and tragedy 109 | 108 |
Recovery and restructuring | 231 |
Project Constellation | 339 |
B International Space Station Flight | 365 |
Extravehicular activity | 373 |
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The International Space Station: Building for the Future John E. Catchpole No preview available - 2008 |
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