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The Space Shuttle Discovery, Its Scientific Legacy in a Museum Context

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This chapter is written from the perspective of a conservation scientist who works on early satellites, solar panels, thermal protection systems and heat shields from the Apollo and Space Shuttle missions in the context of museum exhibits. The author looks at the Space Shuttle orbiters as technologically advanced systems which, when their missions were completed, entered museums as part of humanity’s scientific and cultural heritage.

An erratum to this chapter is available at DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-07866-3_10

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  1. MCI Smithsonian Institution, Suitland, MD, 20746, USA

    Hanna M. Szczepanowska

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  1. Hanna M. Szczepanowska
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Correspondence to Hanna M. Szczepanowska .

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  1. Anthropology, New Mexico State University at Las Cruce, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA

    Beth Laura O’Leary

  2. Division of Social Sciences,, Penn State University Abington College, Abington, PA, USA

    P. J. Capelotti

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Szczepanowska, H.M. (2015). The Space Shuttle Discovery, Its Scientific Legacy in a Museum Context. In: O’Leary, B., Capelotti, P. (eds) Archaeology and Heritage of the Human Movement into Space. Space and Society. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07866-3_5

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