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From engineering science to big science : the NACA and NASA Collier Trophy research project winners
Title
From engineering science to big science : the NACA and NASA Collier Trophy research project winners / edited by Pamela E. Mack.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Office of Policy and Plans, NASA History Office, 1998.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxiii, 427 pages) : illustrations.
Notes
Shipping list no.: 1999-0002-S.
Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (NASA, viewed May 26, 2022).
Variant and related titles
NACA and NASA Collier Trophy research project winners
Other formats
Print version: From engineering science to big science
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 13, 2022
Series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Also listed under
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. History Office, issuing body.
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