Beyond Blue Skies : The Rocket Plane Programs That Led to the Space Age.
Petty, Chris.
Beyond Blue Skies : The Rocket Plane Programs That Led to the Space Age. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (408 pages) - Outward Odyssey: a People's History of Spaceflight Series . - Outward Odyssey: a People's History of Spaceflight Series .
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.
9781496223555
Electronic books.
TL567.R47 .P488 2020
Beyond Blue Skies : The Rocket Plane Programs That Led to the Space Age. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (408 pages) - Outward Odyssey: a People's History of Spaceflight Series . - Outward Odyssey: a People's History of Spaceflight Series .
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.
9781496223555
Electronic books.
TL567.R47 .P488 2020