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PAPERBACK list:$26.00 Web:$23.40 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Free Resources Sign in to download PDF book and chapters PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Assessment of Options for Extending the Life of the Hubble Space Telescope: Final Report Evaluation of the National Aerospace Initiative Other Related Titles Upgrading the Space Shuttle (1999) Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 64   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Appendix C Shuttle Upgrades Presented to the Committee Phase II Orbiter Projects Global positioning systems Multifunction electronic display systems Advanced master electronics controllers Thermal protection system improvements Shuttle integrated global positioning system and inertial navigation system Micrometeoroid and orbital debris protection Advanced air data transducer assembly Reinforced carbon-carbon upgrade Solid state recorder/mass memory storage unit Solid state lights Precision approach Wireless video Checkout and launch control system Integrated vehicle health management Fiber-optic flight experiment Standard single payload carrier study Less toxic thermal protection system waterproofing Reusable Solid Rocket Booster Projects Hydraulic power unit fuel isolation valve/shaft seal Aft skirt factor of safety bracket Composite solid rocket booster nose cap Page 64 Front Matter (R1-R10) Executive Summary (1-8) 1 Background (9-13) 2 Shuttle Upgrades Program (14-20) 3 Choosing Upgrades (21-37) 4 Assessments of Proposed Upgrades (38-56) Appendix A: Statement of Task (57-59) Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members (60-63) Appendix C: Shuttle Upgrades Presented to the Committee (64-65) Apendix D: List of Recommendations (66-70) acronyms (71-72)

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--> External Tank External tank ground umbilical carrier assembly upgrades Friction stir welding Extravehicular activity projects Phase III Channel-wall nozzle Reusable solid rocket motor J-joint insulation upgrade Avionics upgrade Auxiliary power unit replacement, Nontoxic orbital maneuvering system/reaction control system Regenerative carbon dioxide removable system Water membrane evaporator Extended nose landing gear Main propulsion system electromechanical actuator Phase IV Solid rocket motor fifth segment Liquid fly-back booster

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