| Title: | Space Exploration |
| Notice: | Shuttle launch schedules, see Note 6 |
| Moderator: | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN |
| Created: | Mon Feb 17 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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From: [email protected] (Will Martin -- AMXAL-RI)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: THE SPACE SHUTTLE OPERATOR'S MANUAL
Date: 23 Nov 87 21:28:12 GMT
The discount mail-order book house, Publishers Central Bureau, is
selling remaindered copies of THE SPACE SHUTTLE OPERATOR'S MANUAL for
$9.98. Original price was (I believe) $22.50.
The PCB stock number is 649160
Publishers Central Bureau
One Champion Avenue
Avenel, NJ 07001-2301 (They don't publicize a phone number)
They charge a flat $3.50 shipping, so it isn't worthwhile to order
just one book, but maybe you would have use for multiple copies of
this. Or you may want to ask for their catalog and order a bunch of
stuff. (Check your local library; they often have copies of PCB
catalogs in their acquisitions departments.)
I've seen mention of this book on this list several times, so I
bought a copy with my last PCB book order. Have just glanced at it so
far, but it does seem fairly interesting. I have one question about
it: on the part of the dust jacket that folds over inside the book, it
has the comment that this is the "Official" guide to training for
would-be shuttle astronauts. (I'm paraphrasing the blurb from memory,
but the word "official" is definitely in there.) Now, I looked through
the copyright and title pages, and I can't find any mention of NASA or
any government organization having anything to do with this book. So
just how "official" is this? Or is that use of the word "official"
just a lie?
Regards,
Will Martin
[email protected] (on USENET try [email protected] )
[I've been told that "...!uunet!almsa-1.arpa!wmartin"
may be better now but I can't test it...]
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 373.1 | Some manual information sources | DICKNS::KLAES | This place has got everything! | Sun Nov 29 1987 18:48 | 26 |
From: [email protected] (Dani Eder) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: THE SPACE SHUTTLE OPERATOR'S MANUAL Date: 25 Nov 87 22:25:27 GMT Organization: Boeing Aerospace Corp., Seattle WA Many of the illustrations and some of the text is copied directly from the NASA source documents (which I have). the source doucments are: Shuttle Operational Data Book (Document #JSC-08934) Space Shuttle Systems Handbook (JSC-11174) Shuttle Flight Operations Manual (JSC-12770, vols 1-19) Satellite Services Catalog (JSC-19211) Space Transportation System User Handbook (no number, available from STS Utilization Office, Mail Code OT, NASA, Washington DC 20546) Space Shuttle News Reference (no number, available from any public information officer at any NASA center) Space Shuttle Level II Program Definition and Requirements (NSTS-07700, vols 1-10,12-15,18) Flight Data File (various numbers) particularly 'Crew Activity Plan' for each mission, and various checklists. Dani Eder/Boeing/Advanced Space Transportation. | |||||
| 373.2 | Updated Space Shuttle manual | MTWAIN::KLAES | Saturn by 1970 | Mon Oct 03 1988 14:07 | 5 |
The manual has been updated and is currently available at all
good mass-market bookstores.
Larry
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