In this book, the authors describe the long development of the Soviet space shuttle system, its infrastructure and what was planned to follow the first historic unmanned mission. This is the first comprehensive book on the Soviet Energiya/Buren project published in the West, making use of exclusive Russian source material obtained by the authors over the past decade. The text includes a review of the decisions to proceed with the US space shuttle in 1972 and the Soviet decision to construct Buran in 1976, a physical description of the Energiya system, and a comparison in tabular form of Buran with the American system. Readers will gain unique insight into the rise and fall of a project primarily designed to catch up with the United States in the Cold War in space.

Author: Bart Hendrickx, Bert Vis
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Praxis Publications Inc
Published: 10/04/2007
Series: Springer-Praxis Books in Space Exploration
Pages: 526
Weight: 2.34lbs
Size: 9.54h x 6.70w x 1.14d
ISBN: 9780387698489
2007 Edition


Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2008 pg. 1180