Testing Aircraft, Exploring Space
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8018-7158-0 (ISBN)
In October 1958, when the launch of the Soviet Sputnik signaled the beginning of the space race, NACA formed the nucleus of the new National Aeronautics and Space Agency. The new agency's efforts to meet President Kennedy's challenge-safely landing a man on the Moon and returning him to Earth before the end of the 1960s-is one of the great adventure stories of all time. Bilstein goes on to describe NASA's recent planetary and extraplanetary exploration, as well as its less well-known research into the future of aeronautical design.
Roger E. Bilstein is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Houston, Clear Lake. He is the author of Flight Patterns: Trends of Aeronautical Development in the United States, 1918-1929; Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles; and Flight in America: From the Wrights to the Astronauts, the last available from Johns Hopkins.
Contents: Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Foundations for Flight, 1915-1930 2. Aeronautics in Peace and War, 1930-1945 3. Jets, Sonic Speed, and Satellites, 1945-1958 4. On the Fringes of Space, 1958-1964 5. Dress Rehearsals, 1964-1969 6. Aerospace Dividends, 1969-1973 7. International Ventures, 1973-1980 8. Aircraft and Aerospace Craft, 1980-1989 9. The Post-Challenger Years, 1989-1990's 10. Toward Century 21 11. Retrospect and Prospect Notes on Reading Chronology Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.7.2003 |
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Zusatzinfo | 58 Halftones, black and white |
Verlagsort | Baltimore, MD |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 499 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau | |
Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8018-7158-1 / 0801871581 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8018-7158-0 / 9780801871580 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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