Wingless Flight: The Lifting Body Story - Couverture souple

Dale Reed, R; Lister, Darlene

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0813156270 ISBN 13 : 9780813156279

Editeur : The University Press of Kentucky, 2014

Synopsis

Most lifting bodies, or "flying bathtubs" as they were called, were so ugly only an engineer could love them, and yet, what an elegant way to keep wings from burning off in supersonic flight between earth and orbit. Working in their spare time (because they couldn't initially get official permission), Dale Reed and his team of engineers demonstrated the potential of the design that led to the Space Shuttle. Wingless Flight takes us behind the scenes with just the right blend of technical informa

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

R. Dale Reed retired from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in 1985 but still works with NASA as a contract engineer. He has authored numerous articles and technical reports, managed nineteen NASA programs, including the flight test of a prototype Mars airplane, and acquired four patents.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University Press of Kentucky
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0813156270
• ISBN 13: 9780813156279
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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