| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Series |
Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The whole nine yards -- A record high -- Gaining speed -- Naval engagement -- Changing course -- Straight and steady -- Skipping out -- On a roll -- Inconel meets celluloid -- Fastest man alive -- Chasing experiments -- In the line of duty -- Snow at Edwards -- Afterword. |
| Summary |
With the Soviet Union's launch of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957, the Cold War soared to new heights as Americans feared losing the race into space. The X-15 Rocket Plane tells the enthralling yet little-known story of the hypersonic X-15, the winged rocket ship that met this challenge and opened the way into human-controlled spaceflight. Drawing on interviews with those who were there, Michelle Evans captures the drama and excitement of, yes, rocket science: how to handle the heat generated at speeds up to Mach 7, how to make a rocket propulsion system that could thrott. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
X-15 (Rocket aircraft)
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X-15 (Rocket aircraft) |
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Research aircraft -- United States.
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Research aircraft. |
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United States. |
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Aerodynamics, Hypersonic -- Research -- United States -- History.
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Aerodynamics, Hypersonic -- Research. |
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History. |
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Aerodynamics, Hypersonic. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Evans, Michelle, 1955- X-15 rocket plane. 9780803228405 0803228406 (DLC) 2012047260 |
| ISBN |
0803246846 (electronic book) |
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9780803246843 (electronic book) |
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1299405851 (e-book) |
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9781299405851 (e-book) |
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9780803228405 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0803228406 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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