| 词条 | Shuttle Down |
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| name = Shuttle Down | author = G. Harry Stine | country = United States | language = English | genre = Science Fiction, Thriller | publisher = Ballantine/Del Rey | pub_date = 1981 | media_type = Novel | pages = 216 | isbn = 978-0-345-29262-9 }} Shuttle Down is a novel by American author G. Harry Stine, written under the nom de plume Lee Correy.[1] First appearing as a four-part serial in Analog magazine between December 1980 and March 1981, the novel was later published by Ballantine/Del Rey in 1981, with a second edition following in 1985. The book can best be described as an early form of the techno-thriller genre, later popularized by authors such as Tom Clancy. Plot summaryIn the book, the Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on a polar orbit flight from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Southern California. During the launch, the main engines cut off prematurely and the Shuttle is forced to make an emergency landing on Rapa Nui, better known to most of the world as Easter Island.[2] Landing is just the start of the problems for NASA, who now have to deal with the immense technological challenge of getting the Shuttle back home. Problems include lack of documents for the astronauts and shuttle, bringing in the crane that's used to lift the Shuttle onto the specially modified 747 that carries it, widening the runway to accommodate the 747, building turn-arounds on the runway so that it can turn and take off again, bringing in fuel for the plane and many, many other problems. A subplot involves efforts by the Soviet Union to take the Shuttle for themselves.[3] References1. ^{{Cite book| title = Amazon.com: Shuttle Down: Books: Lee Correy by Lee Correy | accessdate =|asin = 0345292626}} 2. ^{{cite journal|first=Lee|last=Correy|title=Shuttle Down (Pt 1)|journal=Analog Magazine|volume=100|issue=12|date=December 1980}} 3. ^{{cite journal|first=Lee|last=Correy|title=Shuttle Down (Pt 4)|journal=Analog Magazine|volume=101|issue=3|date=March 1981}} External links
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