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Behind the glories and tragedies that make headlines and move the nation, the story of the space shuttle is inextricably bound to the lesser-known drama of the search for a reusable single-stage-to-orbit rocket. In this book, Andrew J. Butrica tells this story.

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A history of one particular aspect of US space history-the attempt to develop a single-stage-to-orbit launcher... it is a story of muddle and waste... Butrica provides a competent and readable account of this debacle, which concentrates on the small research vehicle, DC-X. -- D. M. Ashford Times Literary Supplement 2004

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Chronology
Introduction
Part I: The Conservative Agenda for Space
1. The Reagan Revolution
2. Commerce on the High Frontier
3. Space Warriors
Part II: The Quest
4. X-30: The Cold War SSTO
5. Space Visionaries
Part III: The Space Ship Experimental
6. Launching the SSX
7. The SDIO SSTO Program
Part IV: Spaceship Wars
8. W(h)ither SSTO?
9. The Disorder of Things
10. The Clipper Graham
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
Index

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 21/01/2004
      ISBN13: 9780801873386, 978-0801873386
      ISBN10: 080187338X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Behind the glories and tragedies that make headlines and move the nation, the story of the space shuttle is inextricably bound to the lesser-known drama of the search for a reusable single-stage-to-orbit rocket. In this book, Andrew J. Butrica tells this story.

      Trade Review
      A history of one particular aspect of US space history-the attempt to develop a single-stage-to-orbit launcher... it is a story of muddle and waste... Butrica provides a competent and readable account of this debacle, which concentrates on the small research vehicle, DC-X. -- D. M. Ashford Times Literary Supplement 2004

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Chronology
      Introduction
      Part I: The Conservative Agenda for Space
      1. The Reagan Revolution
      2. Commerce on the High Frontier
      3. Space Warriors
      Part II: The Quest
      4. X-30: The Cold War SSTO
      5. Space Visionaries
      Part III: The Space Ship Experimental
      6. Launching the SSX
      7. The SDIO SSTO Program
      Part IV: Spaceship Wars
      8. W(h)ither SSTO?
      9. The Disorder of Things
      10. The Clipper Graham
      Conclusion
      Appendix
      Notes
      Bibliographic Essay
      Index

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