TY - BOOK AU - Catchpole,John E. ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - The International Space Station: Building for the Future T2 - Springer Praxis Books SN - 9780387781457 AV - TL787-4050.22 U1 - 629.1 23 PY - 2008/// CY - New York, NY PB - Praxis KW - Engineering KW - Astrophysics KW - Astronomy KW - Space Exploration and Astronautics KW - Popular Science in Astronomy KW - Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences N1 - Early construction -- The ISS Management and Cost Evaluation Task Force -- Commencing the Integrated Truss Structure -- Triumph and tragedy -- Recovery and restructuring -- Project Constellation -- Postscript N2 - A comprehensive, highly readable account of complex, technical, political and human endeavor and a worthy successor to Creating the International Space Station (Springer Praxis, January 2002) by David Harland and John Catchpole. This volume details for the first time the construction and occupation of the International Space Station from 2002 through to 2008, when it should reach American “Core Complete” UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78145-7 ER -