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1 A Remarkable Flying Machine |
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1 | (22) |
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1 | (2) |
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3 | (3) |
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6 | (4) |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (10) |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (31) |
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"A tale of two upper stages" |
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23 | (4) |
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Payload Assist Module maiden flight |
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27 | (4) |
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Space Shuttle Inertial Upper Stage debut |
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31 | (8) |
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39 | (7) |
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Gateway to the Solar System |
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46 | (3) |
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49 | (5) |
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54 | (30) |
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"There was no requirement for EVA" |
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54 | (5) |
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A Wardrobe for the Astronauts |
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59 | (9) |
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68 | (5) |
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73 | (2) |
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75 | (9) |
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4 Learning to Build a Space Station |
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84 | (28) |
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84 | (2) |
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86 | (4) |
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Space Station Hardware Testing |
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90 | (4) |
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94 | (10) |
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Spacewalking Quality Time |
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104 | (8) |
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112 | (41) |
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112 | (3) |
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The First On-Orbit Satellite Servicing |
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115 | (8) |
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"Something that nobody's ever done before" |
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123 | (6) |
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"Something we weren't planning on doing" |
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129 | (3) |
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"We think we could go up and fix this thing" |
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132 | (4) |
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"I'm going downstairs to get ready" |
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136 | (2) |
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138 | (4) |
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Servicing the Hubble Space Telescope |
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142 | (9) |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (30) |
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From Sortie Can to Sortie Laboratory |
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153 | (4) |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (18) |
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176 | (1) |
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177 | (2) |
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179 | (4) |
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183 | (32) |
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183 | (7) |
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"The cheapest experiment that has ever gone into space" |
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190 | (3) |
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"The most important scientific mission" |
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193 | (9) |
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"The whole crew was put to the test" |
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202 | (4) |
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"We called it the ignorosphere" |
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206 | (5) |
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"Kind of busy, but very comfortable" |
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211 | (4) |
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215 | (35) |
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"The prospect of doing something useful for humanity" |
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215 | (13) |
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"I wanted to be part of the action" |
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228 | (6) |
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234 | (3) |
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237 | (1) |
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A Pioneering Initiative: The Industrial Space Facility |
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238 | (4) |
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Ultra-Vacuum: The Wake Shield Facility |
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242 | (8) |
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9 Space Shuttle in Uniform |
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250 | (1) |
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"The mission was pretty vanilla" |
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251 | (1) |
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252 | (8) |
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"I wasn't such a hot pilot as I thought" |
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260 | (1) |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (3) |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (3) |
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268 | (2) |
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270 | (5) |
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10 Something That Nobody Had Ever Done Before |
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275 | (39) |
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Origins of the Satellite on a Tether |
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275 | (3) |
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Tethered Satellite System 101 |
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278 | (6) |
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TSS-1 Experiments and Science Objectives |
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284 | (5) |
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Fundamentals of Space Tethered System Dynamics |
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289 | (10) |
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The Eventful Flight of STS-46/TSS-1 |
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299 | (9) |
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STS-75/TSS-1R "This can't be happening again" |
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308 | (6) |
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11 More Power and Time Needed |
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314 | (14) |
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314 | (1) |
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The Power Extension Package |
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315 | (5) |
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320 | (1) |
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Extended Duration Orbiter |
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321 | (3) |
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324 | (4) |
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12 Adding New Capabilities |
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328 | (12) |
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328 | (2) |
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"The conservative thing to do" |
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330 | (5) |
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"The potential for additional flexibility in the future" |
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335 | (2) |
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Payload Planning and Integration |
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337 | (3) |
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13 The Legacy of the Shuttle Program |
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340 | (9) |
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340 | (1) |
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The Failures of the Space Shuttle |
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341 | (4) |
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The Achievements of the Space Shuttle |
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345 | (3) |
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348 | (1) |
About the Author |
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References |
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Index |
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