Eleven seconds into the unknown : a history of the hyper-X program / / Curtis Peebles ; Ned Allen, editor-in-chief

• Autore: Peebles Curtis
• Pubblicazione: Reston, Va., : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xv, 342 p. : ill., map
• Disciplina: 629.133/349
• Soggetto topico: Hypersonic planes - Research - United States; X-43A (Hypersonic plane)
• Altri autori: AllenNed
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 THE QUEST FOR HYPERSONIC FLIGHT -- CHAPTER 2 HYPERSONIC REENTRY -- CHAPTER 3 HYPERSONIC AIR-BREATHING PROPULSION -- CHAPTER 4 DEVELOPMENT OF AIRFRAME-INTEGRATED SCRAMJETS -- CHAPTER 5 THE BIRTH OF THE HYPER-X -- CHAPTER 6 FROM CONCEPTS TO A FLIGHT RESEARCH PLAN -- CHAPTER 7 HYPER-X SCRAMJET DEVELOPMENT -- CHAPTER 8 HYPER-X STAGE SEPARATION RISK MITIGATION TESTING -- CHAPTER 9 X-43A RESEARCH VEHICLE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION -- CHAPTER 10 GETTING READY: TESTING THE HYPER-X -- CHAPTER 11 "LOCK THE DOORS . . ." -- CHAPTER 12 TOWARD THE UNKNOWN -- CHAPTER 13 LOOKING BACK-LOOKING FORWARD -- INDEX -- SUPPORTING MATERIALS.
• Sommario/riassunto: Eleven Seconds into the Unknown: A History of the Hyper-X Program is a sequel to the author's first book on the X-43A/Hyper-X project, Road to Mach 10: Lessons Learned from the X-43A Flight Research Program. The Hyper-X program involved the efforts of numerous governmental and commercial organizations, each with its own culture, experience, and tradition. A central theme of the Hyper-X story is how these disparate groups and organizations became a unified team working toward a common goal. Making the team's task more difficult was the technological, political, and funding challenges during nearly fifty years of scramjet development. Eleven Seconds into the Unknown: A History of the Hyper-X Program addresses these issues in compelling fashion, and will appeal to anyone interested in high-speed flight, aerospace history, the organization and management of technological projects, and the future of spaceflight.
• Titolo autorizzato: Eleven seconds into the unknown
• ISBN: 1-60086-777-4; 1-60086-778-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910974175203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Library of flight.