Into the black

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• haldora · Mar 23, 2021 · Recommends

  The nonfiction book Into the Black by Rowland White has a portion about the Space Shuttle's use launching NRO satellites. This is a fascinating use of the shuttle not many talk about.

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• neversaydie · Jul 30, 2021 · Recommends

  For the Space Shuttle part of the space program specifically, Rowland White's Into the Black is a great recounting of how that program got started and came to fruition with the first flight: https://www.amazon.com/Into-Black-Extraordinary-Columbia-Ast... Haven't read my copy yet, but for the…

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