E-Book, Englisch, 526 Seiten
Reihe: Springer Praxis Books
Hendrickx / Vis Energiya-Buran
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-387-73984-7
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
The Soviet Space Shuttle
E-Book, Englisch, 526 Seiten
Reihe: Springer Praxis Books
ISBN: 978-0-387-73984-7
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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.
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Weitere Infos & Material
1;Contents;5
2;Foreword;13
3;Author's preface;14
4;Acknowledgements;16
5;Figures;18
6;1 The roots of Buran;24
7;2 The birth of Buran;66
8;3 Systems and scenarios;114
9;4 Organizations and infrastructure;181
10;5 The Buran cosmonaut team;225
11;6 Testing the hardware;274
12;7 Buran in the spotlight;332
13;8 Shattered dreams, new beginnings;384
14;9 Beyond Buran;451
15;Appendix A Key Energiya-Buran specifications;481
16;Appendix B Short biographics of Buran cosmonauts;484
17;Appendix C List of Russian abbreviations;505
18;Appendix D Bibliographical notes and selected bibliography;515
19;Index;521
