Searching a book on the devellopment of the space shuttle

[Hoonte]

Hi,

I have read the free pdf book about Mercury (This new ocean), Gemini (On the shoulders of Titans), Apollo (Chariots for apollo, Stages to saturn) and enjoyed them very much.

Is there a free pdf book about the devellopment of the Shuttle in this catagory?

[Analyst]

Jenkings: Space Shuttle, The History of the NSTS.

Analyst

[mmeijeri]

There's a lecture series with video and lecture notes on the Shuttle that's part of MIT's Open Courseware program:

16.885J / ESD.35J Aircraft Systems Engineering

[rdale]

Jenkings: Space Shuttle, The History of the NSTS.

Your link didn't come through - and I didn't find a PDF in Google quickly. Can you try again?

[psloss]

Jenkings: Space Shuttle, The History of the NSTS.

Your link didn't come through - and I didn't find a PDF in Google quickly. Can you try again?

I think that Analyst is referring to what I've also shortened to "Jenkins" or "Jenkins, 3rd edition" several times; here's the Amazon U.S. link:
http://www.amazon.com/Space-Shuttle-National-Transportation-Missions/dp/0963397451

Not as technical, but this one by T.A. Heppenheimer is also good:
http://www.amazon.com/Development-Space-Shuttle-1972-1981-History/dp/1588340090/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255956543&sr=1-7

Neither of these fit the OP's rules of free and in PDF form, of course.

[Vahe231991]

Even though this thread is almost 13 years old, in 2017 a book was published titled Space Shuttle: Developing an Icon 1972-2013, and the first two volumes of this book provide a background on the design and early development of the Space Shuttle, including early Space Shuttle concepts.

Link:
https://www.specialtypress.com/space-shuttle-developing-an-icon-1972-2013.html