Space Shuttle Main Engine
The First Ten Years
by Robert E. Biggs
| This material was originally presented at the Liquid Rocket Propulsion History Colloquium held in conjunction with the AAS Annual Meeting, November 1‑3, 1989, Los Angeles, California, and was originally published in the AAS publication, History of Liquid Rocket Engine Development in the United States, 1955‑1980, American Astronautical Society History Series, Vol. 13, Stephen E. Doyle, editor, Part 3, Chapter 4: "Space Shuttle Main Engine, The First Ten Years," by Robert E. Biggs, pp. 69‑122. Copyright © 1992 by American Astronautical Society. This material is reprinted with permission of the AAS. |
Contents
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| SSME Schematic |
The Obstacles
The Goals, First Flight (263K PDF)
Acknowledgments, Acronyms, and Bibliography (135K PDF)
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