Soyuz: A Universal Spacecraft
by David J. Shayler, Rex D. Hall
It was a nice change to read this book over the dissapointing Dyna-Soar book that I read last month. This book has everything you want to know; history, engineering and detail. If you want to know about the Soyuz spacecraft, this is the book to get. Also the writers included information on the Progress spacecraft, Lunar Soyuz, the Russian space stations- Salyuts, Almaz (military Salyuts) and Mir.
The book is 400 pages long but it is great read. Getting the technical details, first hand accounts from cosmonauts and engineers must have been a major undertaking. The level of research to make this book is amazing. I highly reccomend this book to everyone, even though the price tag is $25.00. Even if you are a non-engineer you will like this book.
Yeah this is a short review but where would I begin to cover a book about everything you wanted to know about the Soyuz.
SM
