Space Shuttle: Dawn of an Era : Proceedings of the 26th AAS Annual Conference Held October 29-November 1, 1979, Los...
- ISBN-10
- 0877031118
- ISBN-13
- 9780877031116
- Series
- Space Shuttle
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Pages
- 948
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1980
- Publisher
- Univelt
- Authors
- American Astronautical Society, William F. Rector
Description
AAS 79 - 211 THE MISSION SPECIALIST ' S ROLE * D . A . Gardner + With the advent of the Space Shuttle , the role of man in space will be extended beyond the exploratory phase of previous programs and into the broad area which is termed ...
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