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

• Pubblicazione: 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
• Disciplina: 629.1/0973
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: History
• Persona (resp. second.): MackPamela Etter
• 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: From engineering science to big science
• Titolo autorizzato: From engineering science to big science
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910689365603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II