2001 - The International Space Station Odyssey Begins : The Complete Guide to ISS with NASA and Russian Space Agency Documents [CD-ROM]

World Spaceflight News (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 11, 2000

This definitive electronic book on CD-ROM presents the most complete collection of documents available anywhere on our exciting new International Space Station! Over 200 documents provide an incredible 22,000 pages of invaluable reference and research material. Many of these internal NASA documents are made available here for the first time, and include the authentic and up-to-date documents used by flight controllers and astronauts. They contain thousands of detailed schematics, line drawings, and beautiful color photos of flight hardware. Adding a special perspective, our news and editorial coverage is represented by several issues of World Spaceflight News. The documents are organized into 14 sections:

Section 1 - Overview Documents And General Information - 19 Documents
Section 2 - Schedules, Assembly Plans, EVAs - 8 Documents
Section 3 - Mission Control - 3 Documents
Section 4 - Early Flights And Missions (Press Kits, Flight Data File Checklists, WSN coverage) - 19 Documents
Section 5 - Payloads, Experiments, And Science Plans - 14 Documents
Section 6 - Modules And Systems - 10 Documents
Section 7 - Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) And X-38 - 6 Documents
Section 8 - Systems Operations Data File (SODF) - NASA - 41 Documents; checklists Including IFM, Malfunction, Operations, EVA tasks, Systems, Emergency Activities, Activation
Section 9 - Operations Data File (ODF) - Russian - (English versions) - 30 Documents
Section 10 - Operations Data File (ODF) - Russian (Russian language versions) - 21 Documents
Section 11 - Results From Shuttle Microgravity Missions - 4 Reports (EDO, LMS, MSL-1, Phase One)
Section 12 - Other ISS Program and related documents - 15 Documents (Including comprehensive lists Of ISS acronyms)
Section 13 - NASA Educational Posters, Briefs, And Guides - 9 Documents
Section 14 - ISS Operational Flight Rules - JSC Mission Operations Directorate - 3 Documents

The documents are reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows 95/98, Windows 3.1, NT, and Apple Macintosh systems. Reader software is included on the CD.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

World Spaceflight News has covered spaceflight and the Space Shuttle program since 1983. In addition to our flagship publication, we produce printed and electronic Special Reports and NASA videos. Our "American Space Encyclopedia" CD-ROM series provides exclusive coverage of many spaceflight topics.

From the Author

World Spaceflight News: Space enthusiasts with a mission!

We wanted to take this opportunity to provide some background about World Spaceflight News (WSN) and the American Space Encyclopedia series of CD-ROM electronic books available here at Amazon.com. In addition to our flagship publication, our coverage of spaceflight and the Space Shuttle includes printed and electronic Special Reports and NASA videos, and the American Space Encyclopedia series of CD-ROMs. We've been space fans since the dawn of the Space Age, providing news coverage - accredited by NASA - since 1983. At WSN, our mission is simple: provide space enthusiasts and professionals around the globe with unique technical information and historical material about spaceflight. We hope that a better appreciation of the complexities and challenges posed by space exploration will foster increased support for man's continued voyage into space. Our love of spaceflight drives our publishing efforts, and we've been gratified over the years that readers from Austria to Australia have found great value in our work. We try to satisfy a wide range of interests by producing a broad selection of high-quality products with exclusive material not found elsewhere. With the introduction of our ever-expanding line of CD-ROM books, we are at the cutting edge of another innovation on the digital frontier, the new world of electronic publishing. The American Space Encyclopedia series is an important original concept allowing the inexpensive distribution of thousands of pages of material that otherwise would remain locked away in dusty archives or hidden on the shelves of NASA engineers.

PUTTING CONTENT FIRST - These CDs are not flashy multimedia presentations from a Hollywood studio or video game producer. Rather, as the name "encyclopedia" implies, they are collections of documents and images in the popular and highly effective Adobe Acrobat PDF format. The discs contain accurate and faithful reproductions of real NASA documents; there is no interface on the planet that will make these authentic documents more interesting or their presentation more interactive! On many discs, we've supplemented the document collection with our ground-breaking "image gallery" concept. This exclusive feature gathers hundreds of NASA images into one PDF file, allowing the reader to flip through the pictures in the same way you would look through a photo album. The PDF image conversion process provides a user-friendly format that is far more convenient than a simple collection of image files.

COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION - Many hours of hard work go into every CD-ROM - from concept development, research, data gathering, and information requests, to scanning, importing, formatting, and file preparation. Our extensive knowledge and experience helps us identify the most interesting material for each subject.

UNIQUE MATERIAL NOT AVAILABLE ON THE WEB - Every CD-ROM includes material not found on NASA websites, much of it from our own collection of documents. Many of the documents are presented for the first time anywhere! In order to provide comprehensive coverage, some discs also include additional website material, most of which has been converted by WSN into PDF format from cumbersome and time-consuming download files.

USER-FRIENDLY INTERFACE PROVIDES DIRECT ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS - The "Table of Contents and File Navigator" correlates each title with the appropriate file name - there is no confusion associating files with document titles. (Short file names are used for compatibility with older operating systems.) Like a web page, simply clicking on the hyperlinked document name takes you directly to the cover page of the document. Extensive experience has demonstrated that this is the best interface for these PDF files.

HIGH-QUALITY CD DUPLICATION - We use an in-house special-purpose CD duplicator which utilizes blank CD-R discs. This system allows us to modify and update our titles on short notice. In the unlikely event that there is a problem with one of our discs, rest assured that we will promptly replace any defective CD. By the way, published reports indicate that CD-R discs have an estimated lifetime of 100 years, compared to the much shorter life of mass-produced factory-stamped CDs.

We thank you for this chance to explain why we are so proud of our work here at World Spaceflight News!

Product Details

• CD-ROM: 22143 pages
• Publisher: Progressive Management; 1st edition (September 11, 2000)
• ISBN-10: 189347223X
• ISBN-13: 978-1893472235
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,233,678 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)