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To Orbit and Back Again: How the Space Shuttle Flew in Space (Springer Praxis Books) (English Edition) 2014° Edizione, Formato Kindle

Edizione Inglese di Davide Sivolella (Autore) Formato: Formato Kindle
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The Space Shuttle has been the dominant machine in the U.S. space program for thirty years and has generated a great deal of interest among space enthusiasts and engineers. This book enables readers to understand its technical systems in greater depth than they have been able to do so before.

The author describes the structures and systems of the Space Shuttle, and then follows a typical mission, explaining how the structures and systems were used in the launch, orbital operations and the return to Earth. Details of how anomalous events were dealt with on individual missions are also provided, as are the recollections of those who built and flew the Shuttle. Many photographs and technical drawings illustrate how the Space Shuttle functions, avoiding the use of complicated technical jargon.

The book is divided into two sections: Part 1 describes each subsystem in a technical style, supported by diagrams, technical drawings, and photographs to enable a better understanding of the concepts. Part 2 examines different flight phases, from liftoff to landing. Technical material has been obtained from NASA as well as from other forums and specialists.

Author Davide Sivolella is an aerospace engineer with a life-long interest in space and is ideally qualified to interpret technical manuals for a wider audience. This book provides comprehensive coverage of the topic including the evolution of given subsystems, reviewing the different configurations, and focusing on the solutions implemented.
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  1. ISBN-13
    978-1461409823
  2. Edizione
    2014°
  3. Editore
    Springer
  4. Data di pubblicazione
    27 agosto 2013
  5. Parte della serie
    Springer Praxis Books
  6. Lingua
    Inglese
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    63117 KB
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GaP
5,0 su 5 stelle Exactly what I'm looking for
Recensito in Italia il 10 maggio 2015
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For a keen reader on astronautic hardware (rockets, computer on board, etc.), this book is wonderful, full of information and details very interesting. To remember a fantastic machine, probably the peak of technological progress of humanity.
Many thanks to the author for this book!
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Mickystar
2,0 su 5 stelle Più che altro un manuale di istruzioni
Recensito in Italia il 28 luglio 2015
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Completamente diverso da quello che mi aspettavo.
E' un insieme casuale di informazioni tecniche specialistiche che poco trasmettono della poesia che meriterebbe una vera e propria astronave.
2 persone l'hanno trovato utile
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Fabio Buttarelli
5,0 su 5 stelle Five Stars
Recensito nel Regno Unito il 30 ottobre 2017
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Excellent book! Very well written with a lot of details about the Space Shuttle.
Highly recommended.
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L. J.
5,0 su 5 stelle Five Stars
Recensito in Canada il 24 dicembre 2016
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Superb! Everything you needed to know about the Space Shuttle program and how it operated. A must read!
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Brett Buck
5,0 su 5 stelle Best I have seen
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 2 gennaio 2014
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WOW! This is one heck of a book! I am amazed at how good this is. I work in the aerospace industry and have written engineering papers and training material extensively, and I cannot see how this could have been done any better. It's not quite enough information to build your own shuttle, but if you want detail on a wide range of subsystems, it's in there. By far the best document of its type I have ever seen. I don't even understand how this ever got published, but if you are interested in space technology and the shuttle in particular, this is the book for you.

There are a few typos here and there and it is a little uneven in the level of detail from subsystem to subsystem, but overall it is a fantastic bit of work.
UPDATE: After re-reading this book all the way through, I am even more amazed. It's absolutely chock full of detail. It would take 20 years and access to every report ever written to dig this out yourself. However, It is clearly written assuming substantial basic knowledge of spaceflight engineering and background in reading aerospace literature. It is loaded with acronyms and many are used before definition, and have to be assumed based on the context. If you have read large numbers of aerospace papers, the context will be clear enough, otherwise, I fear the general reader would get lost very quickly. I understand the compromise the author and editors needed to make, because full definitions of ever term, followed by definitions needed to explain the definitions, could go on nearly forever. There is an earnest attempt to explain major topics from scratch (like orbit mechanics) but a general reader would have no idea which topics are major and which are minor. This book is for knowledgeable engineers looking for the specifics of the shuttle, as opposed to a primer on space flight.
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Top Quark
4,0 su 5 stelle THE bible about the Space Shuttle
Recensito in Germania il 6 marzo 2014
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Any, really any technical issue about the Space Shuttle one are able to find in this perfect compendium.
A must have for anyone who is interested in the technical aspects of the STS.
Unfortunately many of the diagrams and pictures are printed in a small size so you can't read the descriptions in it or identify the details in a picture. That's the reason why I can give only four stars.
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Terry S
5,0 su 5 stelle If You Want To Know How the Space Shuttle Worked, It's In Here
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 12 marzo 2014
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"To Orbit and Back Again" is absolutely superb. I'll cut right to the chase. If you're interested in learning more than you ever thought possible about the Space Transportation System's design, engineering, materials, testing and operational procedures, you can't do better than to read this book.

"To Orbit and Back Again" is different than most books about the Space Shuttle. It's not by any means a history of the program. Rather, author Davide Sivolella describes in intimate, fascinating detail the technical features of the Orbiter, the External Tank and the Solid Rocket Boosters. He brings historical perspectives into the picture only when required to explain how programmatic decisions based on engineering tradeoffs and financial constraints made the vehicle what it was.

Space geeks will love this book. Not only is it detailed, lucid and very readable--it's also filled with hundreds of photos, diagrams and engineering drawings that make the designs and functions of the various Shuttle systems come to life. For example, Mr. Sivolella devotes an entire chapter of more than 50 pages just to the Thermal Protection System. He describes the two types of tiles, the thermal blankets, substrates, adhesives, gap fillers and every other aspect of the system down to the thousandth of an inch. This is REALLY great stuff!

I've read almost every spaceflight book ever published (I'm NOT exaggerating), and I thought I knew a lot about the Shuttle. But I learned something new on almost every page. "To Orbit and Back Again" offers the perfect combination of breadth, depth and narrative style to explain how the Shuttle was built and how it flew. It was a real treat for this space geek to read, and I give it my highest possible recommendation.
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