Astronomy & Space Science · Spaceflight & Astronautics
A topic within Spaceflight & Astronautics, itself one of 13 topics in that field and part of Astronomy & Space Science.
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Robert Dempsey
Written by the station's own flight directors, argues that operating a continuously crewed outpost is a distinct discipline from building one, won through routine and improvisation in Mission Control rather than by the original design.
link checked 17 Sept 2026W. David Compton & Charles D. Benson
Argues that Skylab, built from a repurposed Saturn V third stage, proved sustained human habitation in orbit was possible before it proved much else, and that its improvised in-flight repairs taught NASA more than its planned experiments did.
link checked 17 Sept 2026