X-planes from the X-1 to the X-60 : an illustrated history / Michael H. Gorn, Giuseppe De Chiara.
Gorn, Michael H., author.; De Chiara, Giuseppe, author.
2021
TL567.R47
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Title X-planes from the X-1 to the X-60 : an illustrated history / Michael H. Gorn, Giuseppe De Chiara.
Author Gorn, Michael H., author.
ISBN 9783030863982 (electronic bk.)
3030863980 (electronic bk.)
9783030863975
3030863972
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86398-2
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021.
Language English
Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and color).
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-86398-2 doi
Call Number TL567.R47
Dewey Decimal Classification 629.1330973
Summary For the past 75 years, the U.S. government has invested significant time and money into advanced aerospace research, as evidenced by its many experimental X-plane aircraft and rockets. NASA's X-Planes asks a simple question: What have we gained from it all? To answer this question, the authors provide a comprehensive overview of the X-planes long history, from the 1946 X-1 to the modern X-60. The chapters describe not just the technological evolution of these models, but also the wider story of politics, federal budgets, and inter-agency rivalries surrounding them. The book is organized into two sections, with the first covering the operational X-planes that symbolized the Cold War struggle between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R, and the second section surveying post-Cold War aircraft and spacecraft. Featuring dozens of original illustrations of X-plane cross-sections, in-flight profiles, close-ups, and more, this book will educate general readers and specialists alike.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Digital File Characteristics text file PDF
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Author De Chiara, Giuseppe, author.
Series Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.
Available in Other Form X-planes from the X-1 to the X-60.
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Chapter 1. High-speed and high-altitude flight: The first X-planes
Chapter 2. Specific improvements: Technology demonstrators
Chapter 3. Prelude to the High Frontier: Early space vehicles
Chapter 4. Flight testing for combat: Military vehicles
Chapter 5. Aerodynamics and engines: NASAs research agenda
Chapter 6. Beyond the horizon: Access to space
Index.

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