Energiya-Buran : the Soviet space shuttle
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Energiya-Buran : the Soviet space shuttle
Springer , Published in association with Praxis Pub., c2007
Available at 2 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 501-502) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This absorbing book describes the long development of the Soviet space shuttle system, its infrastructure and the space agency's plans to follow up the first historic unmanned mission. The book includes comparisons with the American shuttle system and offers accounts of the Soviet test pilots chosen for training to fly the system, and the operational, political and engineering problems that finally sealed the fate of Buran and ultimately of NASA's Shuttle fleet.
Table of Contents
The roots of Buran.- The birth of Buran.- Systems and scenarios.- Organizations and infrastructure.- The Buran cosmonaut team.- Testing the hardware.- Buran in the spotlight.- Shattered dreams, new beginnings.- Beyond Buran.
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