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- From: cpatters@ub.d.umn.edu (Granma)
- Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
- Subject: Re: Launch views, Tiles & New book on STS
- Date: 8 Jan 1993 13:11:30 -0600
- Organization: University of Minnesota, Duluth
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- References: <1993Jan6.122446.4754@titan.ksc.nasa.gov>
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- In article <1993Jan6.122446.4754@titan.ksc.nasa.gov> hollis@titan.ksc.nasa.gov writes:
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- >I bought the book for myself as a Christmas present and am really
- >thrilled by it, finally a book on the shuttle system not written by
- >NASA or Rockwell which realistically details it's history,
- >capabilities, shortcomings, and design. As an engineer at the cape
- >working on the shuttle it is a very welcome find. I was so tired
- >of those glossy, canned treatments I seen before in many colorful
- >but vague coffee-table type books.
- >
- Question: Some years ago, a popular car magazine (Car & Driver?)
- did a "road test" on the RSS. (ok, it might not have been the
- RSS, but from reading this, my civilian mind figured the RSS might
- just be the "thaang" in question! :-) The article was really very
- funny. If anyone out there in net land knows the name of the
- magazine and the date, please email me.
-
- Thanks!
-
- Granma
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