Shuttle, Houston av Paul Dye

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<DIV><B>From the longest-serving Flight Director in NASA''s history comes a revealing account of high-stakes Mission Control work and the Space Shuttle program that has redefined our relationship with the universe.</B><br><br><DIV><DIV>A compelling look inside the Space Shuttle missions that helped lay the groundwork for the Space Age, <I>Shuttle, Houston</I> explores the determined personalities, technological miracles, and eleventh-hour saves that have given us human spaceflight.</DIV><DIV><br></DIV><DIV>Relaying stories of missions (and their grueling training) in vivid detail, Paul Dye, NASA''s longest-serving Flight Director, examines the split-second decisions that the directors and astronauts were forced to make in a field where mistakes are unthinkable, and where errors led to the loss of national resources -- and more importantly one''s crew. Dye''s stories from the heart of Mission Control explain the mysteries of flying the Shuttle -- from the powerful fiery ascent to the ma