The International Space Station [electronic resource] : Building for the Future /
Catchpole, John E.author.
A comprehensive, highly readable account of complex, technical, political and human endeavor and a worthy successor to Creating the International Space Station (Springer Praxis, January 2002) by David Harland and John Catchpole. This volume details for the first time the construction and occupation of the International Space Station from 2002 through to 2008, when it should reach American "Core Complete".
Includes index.
Early construction -- The ISS Management and Cost Evaluation Task Force -- Commencing the Integrated Truss Structure -- Triumph and tragedy -- Recovery and restructuring -- Project Constellation -- Postscript.
A comprehensive, highly readable account of complex, technical, political and human endeavor and a worthy successor to Creating the International Space Station (Springer Praxis, January 2002) by David Harland and John Catchpole. This volume details for the first time the construction and occupation of the International Space Station from 2002 through to 2008, when it should reach American "Core Complete".
International Space Station.
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Astronomy.
Space sciences.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Popular Science in Astronomy.
Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).

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