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[i]This book originated almost with the July 2011 completion of the 135th and final successful mission of the Space Shuttle program. On many occasions during the Space Shuttle's 30-year career, it had demonstrated remarkable capabilities, but the cost and complexity of flying this first-ever reusable space transportation system always ensured controversy and difference of opinion. NASA moved to retire the shuttle before the vehicle's 30th anniversary because of its age and cost of operations and because the space agency planned a new mission to move beyond Earth orbit and return to the Moon. After 30 years of Space Shuttle operations — 40 years, if one includes the research and development period of the 1970s — what is the legacy of the Space Shuttle? That is the question we seek to answer in this work, Space Shuttle Legacy: How We Did It and What We Learned, which focuses on the history of the Space Shuttle specifically by delving deeply into various aspects of the program's evolution over its long duration.[/i]
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