Melvyn Smith

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Melvyn Smith (11 November 1955 - 22 November 2022) was an astronautics consultant and spaceflight writer, and a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society,[1]

He wrote Illustrated History of the Space Shuttle 1985,[2] which was reprinted (twice) 1986, and second edition 1989. He worked and researched at the then-Rockwell (Downey and Anaheim, California) facilities during assembly of the first Space Shuttle orbiters, and various NASA centres and contractors during the 1980s. After six years in the 1990s as joint Director of a marketing and design company, Smith was working full-time in the UK data communications supply industry.

Smith's 1985 book, An Illustrated History of the Space Shuttle, is a large-sized

X-24, M2F3, and Shuttle flights. [3]

Smith was also the author of 100E Super Profile.

100E series of small Ford saloons manufactured between 1953 and 1962. He is a former registrar and the founder of the 100E Register in the UK based Ford Sidevalve Owner's Club.[5]

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  1. ^ "British Interplanetary Society, Home Page, London, UK". Archived from the original on 2010-01-23. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
  2. ISBN 0-85429-600-X
  3. ^ NASA.gov History
  4. ISBN 0-85429-470-8
  5. ^ "fsoc". fsoc.
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