space@mit-mc (02/19/85)
From: Hank.Walker@CMU-CS-UNH IEEE Press has just published "The Space Station: An Idea Whose Time Has Come" edited by Theodore Simpson. The book consists of 20 chapters by separate authors including James Beggs of NASA, Jacques Collet of ESA, John Hodge, deputy administrator for the space station, and Harrison Schmitt. Charles Sheffield has called the book "a mine of information," but my impression is that the book is written on a mostly non-technical level, or perhaps the level of IEEE Spectrum. It is stated in the book review (from IEEE Institute) that no equations appear in the book. Part of the book concerns the history of the space program, speculations on future missions, and a look at the political process. The book is available from IEEE Service Center, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854. Price is $17.95 for IEEE members, $19.95 for nonmembers.
eder@ssc-vax.UUCP (Dani Eder) (02/20/85)
If you want all the gory, technical details on the Space Station, at least as of August 1984, get this book: Space Station Reference Configuration Description Document #JSC-19989 From: Systems Engineering and Integration Space Station Program Office NASA, Johnson Space Center Houston, TX 786pp, 35 references, lots of illustrations I'm presently working on space station accommodations for the Orbit Transfer Vehicle (i.e. I'm designing a spaceship garage and gas station), and I find this book invaluble. Dani Eder/Boeing/ssc-vax!eder