X-planes from the X-1 to the X-60 : an illustrated history / Michael H. Gorn, Giuseppe De Chiara.
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
3030863980 (electronic bk.)
9783030863975
3030863972
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
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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De Chiara, Giuseppe, author.
Series
Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.
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X-planes from the X-1 to the X-60.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.