Story Of The Space Shuttle: Inside The Space Shuttle DVD

From launch to landing, Inside the Space Shuttle takes you behind the scenes for a rare glimpse into NASA's world of high technology and go nose-to-nose with the world's most amazing flying machine. We'll peel back the layers of this legendary space transportation system to reveal how it works and what it has accomplishes, highlighting milestones over the last 26 years.One would expect a machine like the Shuttle to be based on the cutting edge of computer technology. It isn't. There is more computing power under the hood of a car than there is on the Shuttle. Even... though it is amazingly low-tech, an incredible amount of planning, building and testing goes into getting the Shuttle into orbit. It takes the work of about 30,000 people, from start to finish, to get the Shuttle off the ground. From the ground crew that readies the runway for launch, to the workers that install the 30,000 one-of-a-kind silica tiles that serve as a heat shield, to the astronauts that fly the Shuttle, we'll discover what it takes to make one of the world's most amazing machines fly. [show more]

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