{"424251":{"#nid":"424251","#data":{"type":"news","title":"\u0022Space Shuttle Legacy: How We Did It and What We Learned\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022rtecenter\u0022\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics has just published a new book in its Library of Flight Series, \u0022Space Shuttle Legacy: How We Did It and What We Learned\u0022. The book is edited by Roger Launius, senior curator in the Division of Space History of the Smithsonian Institution\u0027s National Air and Space Museum; John Krige, Kranzberg Professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of History, Technology and Society; and James Craig, Emeritus Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe book contains 14 chapters by noted historians, political scientists, public administrators, engineers, and scientists who examine the development and operation of the Space Shuttle to begin to answer what its legacy will be.\u0026nbsp; From its first flight in 1981, the Space Shuttle became an important example of the technological capability of the United States, universally recognized as such by the American people and also by the larger international community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe work complements the symposium held to commemorate the Space Shuttle program at Georgia Tech in June 2012, \u0022The Space Shuttle: an Engineering Milestone\u0022.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAIAA\u0027s link for the book:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/arc.aiaa.org\/doi\/book\/10.2514\/4.102165\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/arc.aiaa.org\/doi\/book\/10.2514\/4.102165\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022rtecenter\u0022\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics has just published a new book in its Library of Flight Series, \u0022Space Shuttle Legacy: How We Did It and What We Learned\u0022."}],"uid":"27456","created_gmt":"2015-07-14 11:40:07","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:00","author":"Britanny Grace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"2576","name":"AIAA"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["communications@ae.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}