Space Shuttle Thermal Protection System - References

References

• ”When the Space Shuttle finally flies”, article written by Rick Gore. National Geographic (pp. 316–347. Vol. 159, No. 3. March 1981).
• Space Shuttle Operator's Manual, by Kerry Mark Joels and Greg Kennedy (Ballantine Books, 1982).
• The Voyages of Columbia: The First True Spaceship, by Richard S. Lewis (Columbia University Press, 1984).
• A Space Shuttle Chronology, by John F. Guilmartin and John Mauer (NASA Johnson Space Center, 1988).
• Space Shuttle: The Quest Continues, by George Forres (Ian Allen, 1989).
• Information Summaries: Countdown! NASA Launch Vehicles and Facilities, (NASA PMS 018-B (KSC), October 1991).
• Space Shuttle: The History of Developing the National Space Transportation System, by Dennis Jenkins (Walsworth Publishing Company, 1996).
• U.S. Human Spaceflight: A Record of Achievement, 1961-1998. NASA - Monographs in Aerospace History No. 9, July 1998.