Space rescue
Subtitle: ensuring the safety of manned spaceflight
By: David J. Shayler
Series: Springer Praxis books in space exploration; Springer-Praxis books in space exploration
Publisher: Springer; Published in association with Praxis
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berlin, Germany; New York; Chichester, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780387699059
Subjects: Manned space flight; Space rescue operations; Exploration; Safety measures; Risk assessment
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-348) and index.
Table of contents: title: STS-107 : rescue or repair?; title: Space : a final frontier; title: Training to survive; title: Pad escape; title: Launch escape, 1 : escape towers; title: Launch escape, 2 : ejection seats; title: Away from Earth; title: Return to Earth.