Beyond Blue Skies : The Rocket Plane Programs That Led to the Space Age.
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- computer
- online resource
- 9781496223555
- TL567.R47 .P488 2020
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Abbreviations and Definitions -- Part 1 -- 1. A New Breed of Aircraft -- 2. Like a Speeding Bullet -- 3. A New Pretender -- 4. The Race to Mach 2 -- 5. Facing the Heat -- 6. The End of the Beginning -- Part 2 -- 7. The Hypersonic Challenge -- 8. Higher and Faster -- 9. The Follow-On -- 10. Failure to Launch -- Part 3 -- 11. Look Ma, No Wings! -- 12. The Heavyweights -- 13. Racehorses and Unrealized Plans -- Epilogue -- Sources -- Index.
Beyond Blue Skies examines the thirty-year period after World War II during which aviation experienced an unprecedented era of progress that led the United States to the boundaries of outer space.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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