Space Shuttle Program: How NASA Lost Its Way

by R. Michael Gordon

This critical study of NASA's space shuttle program provides an in-depth examination of the events, decisions, and policies that may have contributed to the horrific destruction of the shuttles Challenger and Columbia. It first traces the early development of NASA's shuttle program, specifically examining the problems associated with the designs of shuttles OV-099 (which was to become Challenger) and OV-102 (which was to become...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786434341
• ISBN13: 9780786434343
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher