02060nam 2200457 450 991070280620332120090817142646.00-486-83451-4(CKB)4100000006516994(MiAaPQ)EBC5506441(OCoLC)430830288(EXLCZ)99410000000651699420181001d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFacing the heat barrier a history of hypersonics /T.A. HeppenheimerDover edition.Mineola, New York :Dover Publications, Inc.,2018.1 online resource (355 pages)NASA SP ;2007-4232"This Dover edition, first published in 2018, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published in 2007 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington DC, as part of "The NASA History Series"--Title page verso.0-486-82763-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- First steps in hypersonic research -- Nose cones and re-entry -- The X-15 -- First thoughts of hypersonic propulsion -- Widening prospects for re-entry -- Hypersonics and the Space Shuttle -- The fading, the comeback -- Why NASP fell short -- Hypersonics after NASP.Aerodynamics, HypersonicResearchUnited StatesHistory20th centuryResearch aircraftUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAerodynamics, HypersonicResearchHistoryResearch aircraftHistory629.132/3060973Heppenheimer T. A.1947-12513United States.National Aeronautics and Space Administration.Office of External Relations.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910702806203321Facing the heat barrier3111109UNINA