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Volume two traces the development of the shuttle through a decade of engineering setbacks and breakthroughs, programme management challenges, and political strategizing, culminating in the first launch in April 1981. protection, electronics, onboard systems - and the author covers in depth the alternative vehicles developed by the US Air Force and European countries. The first launch entailed a monumental amount of planning and preparation that Heppenheimer explains in detail.

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T. A. Heppenheimer is the author of seven books including Countdown: A History of the Space Program (1995). He is a freelance writer and has written cover stories for many magazines including American Heritage, Popular Science and Science Digest.

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