SIM Tech Report #5 - Shuttle Payloads

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This is the fifth in a series of special volumes in the Space In Miniature series called “Tech Reports”. These are available as pdf downloads only but are full color and you can print it yourself if you like. During my years working in the aerospace industry, I was able to collect reference material on various spacecraft programs, many of which were to be launched on the Space Shuttle. When I updated my SIM 1.1 Primer and the SIM 3.1 Space Shuttle book, I had some material left over. SIM Tech Report #5 Shuttle Payloads combines that material along with articles recycled from my IPMS Journal columns from the 1980s and early 1990s. There is also some new material from me and several modeling associates. The result is a mix of detailed build articles (STS-41C), background material on what potentially could be an interesting build (e.g., OAST-SAFE), and a few concepts that were made into kits but never actually flew (e.g., BESS). I hope you find the results entertaining and interesting. This book has 48 pages including the cover and contents, with 130 color photos and detailed illustrations.  Here is the table of contents from the book: Table of Space Shuttle Missions    Tracking and Data Relay Satellite - TDRS Better Shuttle Astronauts Spacelab    Buck Rogers of the 20th Century Shuttle EVA Tools Building the Solar Max Repair Mission Long Duration Exposure Facility - LDEF OAST-1 Solar Array Flight Experiment Magellan Venus Orbiter Hubble Space Telescope HST Servicing Missions EASE / ACCESS Power Satellites Biomedical Experiments Scientific Satellite: BESS The download price is $10.00. When you make your purchase, Paypal should take you to the download site but since there are random times that does not work, I always send you an e-mail with a link to the pdf file. Because of all the photos, the file is about 225MB file so there is a smaller version available as well if that suits you better. You'll have the option to select the file size after you place your order. To order just the Shuttle Payloads book, click the button below: or use the main order page to order the book plus any other SIM publication. This volume was released in November 2021.