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UNINA9910689365603321 |
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Titolo |
From engineering science to big science : the NACA and NASA Collier Trophy research project winners / / edited by Pamela E. Mack |
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Washington, D.C. : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Office of Policy and Plans, NASA History Office, , 1998 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxiii, 427 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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NASA SP ; ; 4219 |
The NASA history series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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