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Автор: Cabbage Michael, Harwood William
Название: Comm Check...: The Final Flight of Shuttle Columbia
ISBN: 9781439101766
Издательство: Simon & Schuster
Издательство: Free Press
Классификация:

Политика и политический строй

История естественных наук

Прикладная физика и специальные темы

Астрофизика

ISBN-10: 1439101760
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 336
Вес: 0.52 кг.
Дата издания: 19.05.2008
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: Black & white illustrations
Размер: 155 x 248 x 31
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Подзаголовок: The final flight of shuttle columbia
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Поставляется из: США
Описание: On February 1, 2003, the unthinkable happened. The space shuttle Columbia disintegrated 37 miles above Texas, seven brave astronauts were killed and Americas space program, always an eyeblink from disaster, suffered its second catastrophic in-flight failure. Unlike the Challenger disaster 17 years earlier, Columbias destruction left the nation one failure away from the potential abandonment of human space exploration. Media coverage in the immediate aftermath focused on the possible cause of the disaster, and on the nations grief. But the full human story, and the shocking details of NASAs crucial mistakes, have never been told -- until now. Based on dozens of exclusive interviews, never-before-published documents and recordings of key meetings obtained by the authors, Comm Check takes the reader inside the conference rooms and offices where NASAs best and brightest managed the nations multi-billion-dollar shuttle program -- and where they failed to recognize the signs of an impending disaster. It is the story of a space program pushed to the brink of failure by relentless political pressure, shrinking budgets and flawed decision making. The independent investigation into the disaster uncovered why Columbia broke apart in the sky above Texas. Comm Check brings that story to life with the human drama behind the tragedy. Michael Cabbage and William Harwood, two of Americas most respected space journalists, are veterans of all but a handful of NASAs 113 shuttle missions. Tapping a network of sources and bringing a combined three decades of experience to bear, the authors provide a rare glimpse into NASAs inner circles, chronicling the agencys most devastating failure and the challenges that face NASA as it struggles to return America to space.

Comm Check...: The Final Flight of Shuttle Columbia, Cabbage Michael, Harwood William