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Topic: Space Shuttle: History of National STS (Jenkins)
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Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 04-08-2001 07:47 AM
   
Did anyone hear about a new book coming out to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Space Shuttle's first mission?Supposedly, it covers the first 100 flights flown by the shuttle. |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 04-08-2001 02:37 PM
You are probably thinking of Space Shuttle: The History of the National Space Transportation System The First 100 Missions by Dennis Jenkins. I don't think it has been released yet, but I have my order in for it already! |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 04-08-2001 05:10 PM
Anyone who is interested in the Space Shuttle program should get a copy of Dennis Jenkins new book called "Space Shuttle-The First 100 Missions". Everything you wanted to know (or review) about the shuttle is there. It has many pictures including a section of color photos. All 100 mission patches are shown in color as well as the patches of missions that were scheduled to fly in 1986 after Challenger. Well worth the $35. |
music_space
Member Posts: 1179
From: Canada
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 03-10-2011 08:50 AM
To accompany the last flights of the Shuttle, I'm reading again Shuttle-related books, including Dennis Jenkins' "Space Shuttle - The History of Developing the National Space Transportatation System - The Beginning through STS-75".Remarkably self-published in 1996 as a quality glazed-paper, hard-cover book (I got it at the Skunkworks boutique in 1999 for 40$), the genesis of the STS is very well covered, with comprehensive reviews of all early vehicular concepts technologically important for the STS: lifting body programs, thermal protection test programs, partially- and totally-recoverable concepts, etc. Jenkins is obviously engineering-inclined. Do we know more about him? Excellent book! |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 1309
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 09-08-2011 09:48 PM
Thought I'd re-visit this topic. Does anyone know if a final revision of Jenkins' (in my opinion definitive) shuttle book is still on track, who the publisher/distributor might be, or when we might see it? |
X-Plane Fan
Member Posts: 150
From: CA, USA
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 09-27-2011 08:55 AM
Jenkins shuttle history is still on track. It is expected to be a 3 volume set which should be available not long after the last orbiter is delivered to its museum. He wants to include the delivery of each, just to make the books complete. |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 1309
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 09-27-2011 10:55 AM
Well, that's rather mixed news. I'm excited that the final edition is still in the works (as a 3-volume set, no less!), but I'm a bit ambivalent about Dennis' plans to publish after the museum delivery of the last orbiter.
At the least, this means we may not see it for years yet. I don't want to lurch off-topic, so I'll just say that I simply don't have much faith that all this (museum construction, delivery and display) is going to come off smoothly or expeditiously. While Dennis' desire to "close the circle" is admirable, I hope he's not too wedded to the idea. |
kyra
Member Posts: 583
From: Louisville CO US
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 10-01-2011 09:01 AM
Perhaps he set the timing to write and thoroughly proof check the two new volumes of material. This work has earned the descriptor of "definitive". The only shortfall ever mentioned was that the mission by mission descriptions were not developed as much as they could have been (and of course more color mission pics!). |
herranzc
Member Posts: 17
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 10-06-2011 04:00 AM
It might be a good idea for the publishers to issue the three volumes as a series as the content is delivered by Jenkins, and so the third one could wait to include everything that is happening at the end of the program (not just the museum part, but also the dismantling of launch pads and other ground infrastructure, for example). It would make a great companion series to the no less expected three part series 'The Apollo Program: 3000 Days to the Moon' by David Baker. |
sev8n
Member Posts: 233
From: Dallas TX USA
Registered: Jul 2012
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posted 03-03-2013 07:02 PM
quote:
Originally posted by X-Plane Fan:
Jenkins shuttle history is still on track.
Any updates on a publication date? |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 1309
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 03-03-2013 09:29 PM
Seconded. Would really like to know where Dennis is at with this. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 03-04-2013 09:11 AM
quote:
Originally posted by GoesTo11:
Seconded. Would really like to know where Dennis is at with this.
All you needed was to ask!  From Dennis Jenkins (3/4/2013): I am busily working on the new book, but it is taking longer than expected primarily because I am constantly finding more things I want to cover, and real-life keeps getting in the way (read, making a living). I am still hoping to have it available sometime this year (probably later rather than sooner), but I am more concerned with getting it correct than meeting any particular schedule. Current planning shows a three-volume boxed set totaling about 1,500 pages, so it will not be cheap. But hopefully it will be interesting to everybody... |
sev8n
Member Posts: 233
From: Dallas TX USA
Registered: Jul 2012
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posted 03-05-2013 12:09 PM
As many of you probably know, there have been three publications of this book, the first covering through flight 50, the second through flight 75, and the third through flight 100. What many may not know is that Mr Jenkins wrote an earlier edition covering through flight 25 (51-L). It was published by Aerofax as Datagraph 5 - Rockwell International Space Shuttle . ISBN is 0-942548-15-9, 72 pages in length. |
nasamad
Member Posts: 2121
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 03-05-2013 03:58 PM
If you can find it, its worth getting the publication above. A very nice little addition to my collection when I got it. |
sev8n
Member Posts: 233
From: Dallas TX USA
Registered: Jul 2012
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posted 01-30-2014 07:05 PM
wishful bump...  |
sev8n
Member Posts: 233
From: Dallas TX USA
Registered: Jul 2012
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posted 03-08-2014 04:43 PM
quote:
Originally posted by GoesTo11:
Seconded. Would really like to know where Dennis is at with this.
quote:
Originally posted by cspg:
All you needed was to ask!
It's been a year since the last update, is there anything new to report? Really looking forward to this book/set. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 03-09-2014 09:11 AM
Email sent to Dennis Jenkins. Will keep you posted. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 03-10-2014 05:15 AM
I got a reply from Dennis Jenkins. His day job is keeping him too busy. He's making progress with four chapters left to do but as he wrote "...although that is slightly overstating the case since then I have to read them, smooth them, etc. And then lay them out and make them into a book. I keep kidding myself that I am going to be done writing by June, but it is already March..." |
sev8n
Member Posts: 233
From: Dallas TX USA
Registered: Jul 2012
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posted 03-10-2014 03:42 PM
Thanks for the update. I'm sure it will be worth the wait. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 06-25-2015 09:16 AM
Got in touch with Dennis Jenkins about the new edition of his book. Here is his reply: Working on it as we speak. In fact, I took last week off from the day-job just to proof the first two volumes, which are complete (excepting the index, which cannot be done until all three volumes are finished). Volume 3 (missions) is mostly (~75%) written and I'll start selecting art and laying it out in the next few weeks while I finish writing a few sections.Current plan is still 1,500 pages, three-volume box set, about a million words and 5,000 photos/illustrations. So... I am hoping by the end of the year, but the day job keeps getting in the way (NASA has recently given me ET-94 for the OV-105 display, so now I need to figure out how to restore it and move it from New Orleans to Los Angeles ...all by the end of the year also). Still, based on the progress so far this year, there is hope the book will be finished, at long, long last. |
David C
Member Posts: 1014
From: Lausanne
Registered: Apr 2012
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posted 06-25-2015 10:21 AM
I'm happy to wait until Dennis is satisfied with it. I know he'll do a great job and it will be worth it. Quality takes time. |
lucspace
Member Posts: 403
From: Hilversum, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 06-25-2015 11:45 AM
Very good to hear about the progress being made! I have been looking forward to this definitive Jenkins work since 2011, so I'll manage hanging in there for a bit longer... |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 06-25-2015 01:50 PM
I have the first edition to that book and was blown away when I first saw it.I can't wait to see what he does with a version that covers the entire STS program! |
spacenerd01
New Member Posts: 3
From: Fairfax, VA USA
Registered: Jan 2015
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posted 06-25-2015 03:19 PM
Good to hear that Dennis is closing in on the STS set. We all look forward to seeing the volumes.(By the way, Dennis if you're reading this, next time you are at the Hazy Center, please feel free to swing by the archives... we haven't seen you in a long time. — Mark) |
astroborg
Member Posts: 200
From: Woodbridge, VA, USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 06-26-2015 02:06 PM
Sounds like another book I need to reserve funds for! |
sev8n
Member Posts: 233
From: Dallas TX USA
Registered: Jul 2012
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posted 07-02-2015 12:52 PM
Thanks for the update. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 01-04-2016 01:31 PM
Latest news from Dennis regarding the book: He's writing the last three chapters and sincerely hopes to have everything sent to the printers in June, provided everything goes well moving the ET-94 this spring.Update: The book(s) is (are) planned for November 2016. See: here. |
Merkaw
Member Posts: 30
From: Denmark
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 01-12-2016 03:18 PM
Thanks for the news. Looking so much forward to the book. |
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