@article{1436558,
      recid = {1436558},
      author = {Evans, Ben,},
      title = {The Space Shuttle : an experiment flying machine : thirty  years of challenges /},
      publisher = {Springer,},
      address = {Cham :},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      year = {2021},
      abstract = {This book explains how the achievements of the Space  Shuttle, the world's first reusable manned spacecraft, were  built on the foundation of countless technical challenges.  Through thick and thin, the Space Shuttle remained the  centerpiece of the American human spaceflight program for  three decades. In addition to deploying satellites,  planetary probes and, of course, the Hubble Space  Telescope, it delivered astronauts to the Mir space station  and assembled and sustained the International Space  Station. Yet the path to these incredible achievements was  never an easy one, with some obstacles resulting in the  loss of life and other major consequences that plagued the  fleet throughout its operational career. The book adopts a  challenge-by-challenge approach, focusing on specific  difficulties and how (if at all) they were fully overcome.  Going beyond the technical issues, it relates the human  stories of each incident and how changes were effected in  order to make the shuttle an exceptionally safer-- though  still experimental -- flying machine.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1436558},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70777-4},
}