Fine Structure

It's often one thing to have documentation on a subject, like the Space Shuttle, which describes the hardware used and maybe some of the process that occurred. It's something completely different to have someone who worked on it tell you about what issues they ran into and how the project worked from the inside.

Hopefully you're familiar with MITs OpenCourseWare initiative where coursework and lectures are put online for the perusal of the public. A recent addition is a class on Aero and Astronautics from 2005 which uniquely focused that year on the Space Shuttle. A quick look suggests that they were lucky enough to have a number of visiting lecturers who worked on the Shuttle. And it's all filmed and put online for you. Amazing.