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PAPERBACK price:$34.75 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources PDF SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles An Assessment of Space Shuttle Flight Software Development Processes Protecting the Space Shuttle from Meteoroids and Orbital Debris Other Related Titles Upgrading the Space Shuttle (1999) Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format 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. Citation Manager . "acronyms." Upgrading the Space Shuttle. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1999. Please select a format: Page 71   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore 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. Acronyms APU auxiliary power unit ASRM advanced solid rocket motor CLCS checkout launch and control system COTS commercial off-the-shelf DSS Decision Support System DoD U.S. Department of Defense FES flash evaporator system FY fiscal year HEDS Human Exploration and Development of Space IUS inertial upper stage ISS International Space Station JSC Johnson Space Center KSC Kennedy Space Center LFBB liquid fly-back booster Page 71 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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