Re: Good space shuttle books?


"Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)" <reunite.gondwana@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> "From Runway To Orbit" by Ken Iliff and Dennis Jenkins' Space Shuttle
> book.
>
> Mary "Totally unbiased on the subject, of course"

Well of course. I'm sure you're completely unbiased in your recommendation
of Jenkin's book.


> --
> Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer
> We didn't just do weird stuff at Dryden, we wrote reports about it.
> reunite.gondwana@xxxxxxxxx or miliff@xxxxxxxx


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