This set combines all four of our Shuttle Astronaut Training Manual CD-ROM titles into one spectacular set, offering a substantial savings over the separate purchase of each title. These electronic books on CD-ROM present official NASA astronaut training manuals; they comprise a major part of the formal flight crew training process and are used by flight controllers as well. The 91 internal NASA manuals reproduced on these four discs are from the Mission Operations Directorate (Space Flight Training Division branch) at NASA's Johnson Space Center. The manuals and workbooks are extremely detailed and comprehensive, and are designed for self-study. Each is heavily illustrated with vivid line drawings, engineering schematics, and other charts and figures. A full listing of all acronyms and abbreviations used in the text is included. They provide a superb way to learn about Shuttle systems, hardware, and operational procedures. Special emphasis on crew interaction with the displays, controls, and hardware is included. Every major and minor system is covered in a dedicated manual - from the main engines and robot arm to the APU/hydraulic system and navigation aids. (Please see the Table of Contents section for a complete listing.) No serious student of the Shuttle should be without these exclusive reproductions.
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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, and the American Space Encyclopedia series of CD-ROMs. 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.
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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 some 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 - Most CD-ROMs include material not found on NASA websites, derived from our own collection of documents. Many of the documents are presented for the first time anywhere! In order to provide comprehensive coverage, 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!
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