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New & Used  Space Books

Boggs SpaceBooks^® specializes in new and used space books (we call them SpaceBooks) on rockets, missile, X-planes, high altitude research, and most of all, the history of space exploration. Make yourself at home here where you can "search the shop", find valuable resources on SpaceBooks, read about rare space books, fill out your collection of astronaut signed volumes, and find your favorite space book or space books.

"Truth, Lies, and O-rings; Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster"

A new SIGNED book by Space Shuttle engineer Allan J. McDonald with noted Auburn aerospace historian James Hansen (SIGNED by McDonald).
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It is a story of great moral courage. Personally inspiring as well as historically accurate.

McDonald has SIGNED and added Former Director, Space Shuttle SRM Project, Morton Thiokol, Inc. beneath his name.

On a cold January morning in 1986, NASA launched the Space Shuttle Challenger, despite warnings against doing so by many individuals, including Allan McDonald. The fiery destruction of Challenger on live television moments after launch remains an indelible image in the nations collective memory.

In Truth, Lies, and O-Rings, McDonald, a skilled engineer and executive, relives the tragedy from where he stood at Launch Control Center. As he fought to draw attention to the real reasons behind the disaster, he was the only one targeted for retribution by both NASA and his employer, Morton Thiokol, Inc., makers of the shuttle's solid rocket boosters. In this whistle-blowing yet rigorous and fair-minded book, McDonald, with the assistance of internationally distinguished aerospace historian James R. Hansen, addresses all of the factors that led to the accident, some of which were never included in NASA's Failure Team report submitted to the Presidential Commission.

Truth, Lies, and O-Rings is the first look at the Challenger tragedy and its aftermath from someone who was on the inside, recognized the potential disaster, and tried to prevent it. It also addresses the early warnings of very severe debris issues from the first two post-Challenger flights, which ultimately resulted in the loss of Columbia some fifteen years later.

Allan J. McDonald retired as vice president and technical director for advanced technology programs at ATK Thiokol Propulsion in 2001. He was the director of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motor Project at the time of the Challenger accident and, later, vice president of engineering for space operations during the redesign and requalification of the solid rocket motors. James R. Hansen is professor of history and director of the Honors College at Auburn University.

University of Florida Press | Gainesville, FL | 2009 | 1st printing edition | HB | Illus w/diagrams & photos | New | w/new dj, SIGNED by McDonald, 6x9 inches, 656pp |

 And of course, each copy's dust jacket will be protected with an archival sleeve.

Truly a collector's item! $39.95 plus shipping. 

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4D Space Explorer Models/Puzzles Including Space Shuttle and Saturn V Cutaways!
Apollo Command/Service Module, Lunar Module, Apollo Astronaut w/MMU, Saturn V Launch Vehicle. An exciting NEW set priced at only $6 each!

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First Man; The Life of Neil Armstrong SIGNED by James Hansen. Simon & Schuster | NY, NY | 2005 | 1st printing edition | HB | Illus w/diagrams & photos | Fine | w/fine dj, 7x10 inches, 769pp

This will no doubt be one of (if not) the most significant of the astronaut biographies.  $30

Dr. Space by Bob Ward. Smithsonian Institution Press| Washington, DC | 2004 | 1st edition | HB | Illus w/diagrams & photos | New | w/new dj, SIGNED by Bob Ward, 6x9 inches, 400pp

From Nazi Party member to the director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Wernher von Braun continues to be a compelling and controversial figure in American history. He was the guiding light for American space flight, creating the breakthrough technologies of the Mercury and Apollo programs, yet his association with the Nazi party during World War II has overshadowed his accomplishments. SIGNED by Ward.. $29.95