Title Beyond blue skies : the rocket plane programs that led to the Space Age / Chris Petty ; foreword by Dennis R. Jenkins.

Publication Info.	Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]
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Description	1 online resource (xviii, 380 pages) : illustrations.
	text file
Series	Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight
	Outward odyssey.
Contents	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
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-345) and index.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Space vehicles -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Space vehicles.
	United States.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Rocket planes -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Rocket planes.
	Research aircraft -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Research aircraft.
	HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: 9781496218766 1496218760 (DLC) 2020004246 (OCoLC)1143828290
ISBN	9781496223555 (electronic book)
	1496223551 (electronic book)
	9781496223531 (electronic book)
	1496223535 (electronic book)
	9781496218766
	1496218760

Title Beyond blue skies : the rocket plane programs that led to the Space Age / Chris Petty ; foreword by Dennis R. Jenkins.

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