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Riding ‘The Stack’

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Abstract

By January 1976, the focus for manned spaceflight at NASA was the development of the Space Shuttle system and preparations for the ground and airborne test programs over the next couple of years, hopefully leading to the first orbital flight by the end of the decade.

“This is the world’s greatest all-electric flying machine, I’ll tell ya that.”

John Young, Commander STS-1, following the landing of Space Shuttle Columbia, Edwards AFB, California, April 14, 1981.

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  1. Astronautical Historian, Astro Info Service Ltd, Halesowen, West Midlands, UK

    David J. Shayler F.B.I.S

  2. Bangor, New South Wales, Australia

    Colin Burgess

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Shayler, D.J., Burgess, C. (2017). Riding ‘The Stack’. In: The Last of NASA's Original Pilot Astronauts . Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51014-9_10

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