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Record Nr.

UNINA9910689365603321

Titolo

From engineering science to big science : the NACA and NASA Collier Trophy research project winners / / edited by Pamela E. Mack

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Office of Policy and Plans, NASA History Office, , 1998

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiii, 427 pages) : illustrations

Collana

NASA SP ; ; 4219

The NASA history series

Disciplina

629.1/0973

Soggetti

Aeronautics - Research - United States - History

Aerospace engineering - United States - History

Airplanes - United States - Design and construction - History

Collier Trophy

Aeronautics - Research

Aerospace engineering

Airplanes - Design and construction

History

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Engineering science and the development of the NACA low-drag engine cowling / James R. Hansen -- Lew Rodert, epistemological liaison, and thermal de-icing at Ames / Glenn E. Bugos -- Research in supersonic flight and the breaking of the sound barrier / John D. Anderson, Jr. -- The transonic wind tunnel and the NACA technical culture / Steven T. Corneliussen -- The Whitcomb area rule: NACA aerodynamics research and innovation / Lane E. Wallace -- The X-15 hypersonic flight research program: politics and permutations at NASA / W.D. Kay -- The Collier as commemoration: the Project Mercury astronauts and the Collier Trophy / Jannelle Warren-Findley -- Managing America to the moon: a coalition analysis / W. Henry Lambright -- The human touch: the history of the Skylab program / Donald C. Elder -- LANDSAT and the rise of earth resources monitoring / Pamela E. Mack -- Voyager: the



grand tour of big science / Andrew J. Butrica -- The space shuttle's first flight: STS-1 / Henry C. Dethloff -- More favored than the birds: the manned maneuvering unit in space / Anne Millbrooke -- The advanced turboprop project: radical innovation in a conservative environment / Mark D. Bowles and Virginia P. Dawson -- Return to flight: Richard H. Truly and the recovery from the Challenger accident / John M. Logsdon -- The Hubble space telescope servicing mission / Joseph N. Tatarewicz.