Testing Aircraft, Exploring Space - An illustrated history of NACA and NASA

Roger-E Bilstein

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Roger-E Bilstein - Testing Aircraft, Exploring Space - An illustrated history of NACA and NASA.
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics-forerunner of today's NASA - emerged in 1915, when airplanes were curiosities made of wood and canvas... Lire la suite
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Résumé

The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics-forerunner of today's NASA - emerged in 1915, when airplanes were curiosities made of wood and canvas and held together with yards of baling wire. At the time an unusual example of government intrusion (and foresight, given the importance of aviation to national military concerns), the committee oversaw the development of wind tunnels, metal fabrication, propeller design, and construction of powerful new high-speed aircraft during the 1920s and '30s. In this richly illustrated account, acclaimed historian of aviation Roger E. Bilstein combines the stories of NACA and NASA to provide a fresh look at the agencies, the problems they faced, and the hard work as well as inventive genius of the men and women who found the solutions. NACA research during World War II led to critical advances in U.S. fighter and bomber design and, Bilstein explains, contributed to engineering standards for helicopters. After 1945 the agency's test pilots experimented with jet-powered aircraft, testing both human and technical limits in trying to break the so-called "sound barrier." 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 Administration. 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-wellknown research into the future of aeronautical design.

Sommaire

    • Foundations for Flight, 1915-1930
    • Aeronautics in Peace and War, 1930-1945
    • Jets, Sonic Speed, and Satellites, 1945-1958
    • On the Fringes of Space, 1958-1964
    • Dress Rehearsals, 1964-1969
    • Aerospace Dividends, 1969-1973
    • International Ventures, 1973-1980
    • Aircraft and Aerospace Craft, 1980-1989
    • The Post-Challenger Years, 1989-1990s
    • Toward Century 21
    • Retrospect and Prospect

Caractéristiques

  • Date de parution
    02/07/2003
  • Editeur
  • ISBN
    0-8018-7158-1
  • EAN
    9780801871580
  • Présentation
    Relié
  • Nb. de pages
    218 pages
  • Poids
    0.49 Kg
  • Dimensions
    16,0 cm × 24,0 cm × 2,0 cm

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Biographie de Roger-E Bilstein

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.

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