Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Overview of the Systems Engineering and Vehicle Design Process -- Conceptual Design and Tradeoffs Process -- Taking a Closer Look at the Design Sequence -- Aerothermodynamics Discipline -- Thermal Heating and Design -- Structures and Materials -- Propulsion Systems -- Flight Mechanics and Trajectories -- Avionics, Computers, and Control Systems -- Multidisciplinary Design Optimization and Simulation -- Human Factors and Life Support -- Payloads and Integration -- Launch and Mission Operations -- Safety and Mission Assurance -- Some Space Transportation Systems Lessons Learned -- Equations and Approaches for Modeling Space Transportation Systems -- Historical Perspective on Space Transportation -- Case Study: Base Drag and Base Aeroheating for Space Vehicles -- Subject Index.