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Total Pages : 60 pages
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Download or read book Flight Research: Problems Encountered and What They Should Teach Us written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Milton Thompson
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781478239499
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Flight Research: Problems Encountered and What They Should Teach Us written by Milton Thompson and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-07-13 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword The document by Milt Thompson that is reproduced here was an untitled rough draft found in Thompson's papers in the Dryden Historical Reference Collection. Internal evidence suggests that it was written about 1974. Readers need to keep this date in mind, since Milt writes in the present tense. Apparently, he never edited the document. Had he prepared it for publication, he would have done lots of editing and refined much of what he said.
Author : Milton O. Thompson
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Total Pages : 60 pages
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Download or read book Flight Research written by Milton O. Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : World Spaceflight News
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ISBN 13 : 9781549689741
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (897 download)
Download or read book Flight Research written by World Spaceflight News and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-06 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Milt Thompson's account of lessons to be learned involves aspects of the history of flight research at what was then called the Flight Research Center and its predecessor organizations- redesignated in 1976 the Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center. Many fascinating topics are covered: lifting bodies, the P-51 Mustang, X-planes, XS-1, X-15, the YF-12 Blackbird, the Space Shuttle, and the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle. From the time of the Wright brothers' first flight in 1903 until the end of World War II, airplane technology evolved considerably. The early decades' mono-and biplanes of wooden framework, typically braced with wire and covered with cloth, gradually gave way to an all-metal construction and improved aerodynamic shapes, but most aircraft in World War II still featured propellers and even the fastest of them flew at maximum speeds of about 450 miles per hour. For example, the North American P-51 Mustang, one of the finest prop fighters used in the war, had a top speed of 437 miles per hour when flying a level course at low altitude. This compared with low-level maximum speeds of 514 and 585 mph respectively for the Messerschmitt Me 262A and Gloster Meteor F. Mk. jet fighters, both of which thus still flew well below the speed of sound (Mach 1) in level flight. Even so, during the early 1940s, airplanes like Lockheed's P-38 Lightning began to face the problem of compressibility in dives -characterized (among other things) by increased density, a sharp rise in drag, and disturbed airflow at speeds approaching Mach 1. In partial contrast to flight test, flight research sought and seeks fundamental understanding of all aspects of aeronautics, and in achieving that understanding, its practitioners may fly experimental aircraft like the early X-planes and the D-558s or armed service discards like early production models of the F-15s, F-16s, and F-18s researchers at Dryden are modifying and flying today. Background: Flight Research at Dryden, 1946-1979 * Problems Encountered in Flight Research * Aerodynamic Problems * Environmental Problems * Control-System Problems * Structural Problems * Landing Gear Problems * Aerodynamic Heating Problems * Auxiliary-Power-Unit Problems * MH-96 Problems * Fatigue Problems * X-15 Program Results * Control-System Problems in General * First Flight Preparation * First Flight and Envelope Expansion * Remotely Piloted Research Vehicles (RPRVs) * Flight Test Errors * Conclusions * The Future
Author : Stephen J. Dick
Publisher : U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
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Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight written by Stephen J. Dick and published by U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration. This book was released on 2006 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In March 2005, the NASA History Division and the Division of Space History at the National Air and Space Museum brought together a distinguished group of scholars to consider the state of the discipline of space history. This volume is a collection of essays based on those deliberations. The meeting took place at a time of extraordinary transformation for NASA, stemming from the new Vision of Space Exploration announced by President George W. Bush in January 204: to go to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. This Vision, in turn, stemmed from a deep reevaluation of NASA?s goals in the wake of the Space Shuttle Columbia accident and the recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. The new goals were seen as initiating a "New Age of Exploration" and were placed in the context of the importance of exploration and discovery to the American experiences. (Amazon).
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Total Pages : 980 pages
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Download or read book NASA's Contributions to Aeronautics written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christian Gelzer
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Total Pages : 174 pages
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Download or read book Fairing Well written by Christian Gelzer and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Curtis Peebles
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Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Spoken Word II written by Curtis Peebles and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Douglas J. Mudgway
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Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (317 download)
Download or read book Uplink-downlink written by Douglas J. Mudgway and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A description of what the Deep Space Network (DSN) is about, and how it works an aspect of NASA's planetary program. The origin and birth of the DSN, its subsequent development and expansion over four decades, and a description of the way in which the DSN was used to fulfill the purpose for which it was created. Technical references on the advanced telecommunications technology of the DSN. Describes the inner workings of the DSN and how they related to the more publicly visible events of the planetary space program.
Author : Rebecca Wright
Publisher : NASA History Division
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Total Pages : 368 pages
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Download or read book NASA at 50 written by Rebecca Wright and published by NASA History Division. This book was released on 2010 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These interviews capture refections from top decision-makers as the space agency was completing its first 50 years. Based on oral histories, the book offers insights from those responsible for moving NASA through a deep transition - from the end of the Space Shuttle Program, the centerpiece of human spaceflight for three decades, to the goals of the new policy known as the Vision for Space Exploration.
Author : Robert G. Ferguson
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Total Pages : 312 pages
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Download or read book NASA's First A written by Robert G. Ferguson and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steven J. Dick
Publisher : U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
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Total Pages : 784 pages
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Download or read book NASA 50th Anniversary Proceedings: NASA's First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives written by Steven J. Dick and published by U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration. This book was released on 2010-07-07 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 29 July 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which became operational on 1 October of that year. Over the next 50 years, NASA achieved a set of spectacular feats, ranging from advancing the well-established field of aeronautics to pioneering the new fields of Earth and space science and human spaceflight. In the midst of the geopolitical context of the Cold War, 12 Americans walked on the Moon, arriving in peace “for all mankind.” Humans saw their home planet from a new perspective, with unforgettable Apollo images of Earthrise and the “Blue Marble,” as well as the “pale blue dot” from the edge of the solar system. A flotilla of spacecraft has studied Earth, while other spacecraft have probed the depths of the solar system and the universe beyond. In the 1980s, the evolution of aeronautics gave us the first winged human spacecraft, the Space Shuttle, and the International Space Station stands as a symbol of human cooperation in space as well as a possible way station to the stars. With the Apollo fire and two Space Shuttle accidents, NASA has also seen the depths of tragedy. In this volume, a wide array of scholars turn a critical eye toward NASA’s first 50 years, probing an institution widely seen as the premier agency for exploration in the world, carrying on a long tradition of exploration by the United States and the human species in general. Fifty years after its founding, NASA finds itself at a crossroads that historical perspectives can only help to illuminate.
Author : William M. Leary
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Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (317 download)
Download or read book We Freeze to Please written by William M. Leary and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a unique facility that has made unparalleled contributions to a specialized area of aeronautics research that affects virtually all who fly.
Author : Michael Meltzer
Publisher : U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
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Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book When Biospheres Collide written by Michael Meltzer and published by U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration. This book was released on 2010 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT- OVERSTOCK SALE-- Significantly reduced list price This new book from the NASA History Series tackles an interesting duo of biological problems that will be familiar to anybody who has seen photos of Apollo astronauts quarantined after their return to Earth.Namely, how do we avoid contaminating celestial bodies with Earthly germs when we send spacecraft to study these bodies, and how do we avoid spreading foreign biological matter from space when our robotic and human spacefarers return to Earth?Biological matter from an external system could potentially cause an unchecked epidemic either on Earth or in space so strict precautions are necessary. Each time a space vehicle visits another world it runs the risk of forever changing that extraterrestrial environment. We are surrounded on Earth by a melange of different microorganisms, and if some of these hitchhike onboard a space mission, they could contaminate and start colonies on a different planet. Such an occurrence would irrevocably alter the nature of that world, compromise all future scientific exploration of the body, and possibly damage any extant life on it.By inadvertently carrying exotic organisms back to Earth on our spacecraft, we also risk the release of biohazardous materials into our own ecosystem. Such concerns were recognized by scientists even before the 1957 launch of Sputnik. This book presents the history of planetary protection by tracing the responses to the above concerns on NASA s missions to the Moon, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and many smaller bodies of our solar system. The book relates the extensive efforts put forth by NASA to plan operations and prepare space vehicles that return exemplary science without contaminating the biospheres of other worlds or our own. To protect irreplaceable environments, NASA has committed to conducting space exploration in a manner that is protective of the bodies visited, as well as of our own planet."
Author : Steven J. Dick
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Total Pages : 620 pages
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Download or read book Cosmos & Culture written by Steven J. Dick and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From GPO Bookstore's Website: Authors with diverse backgrounds in science, history, anthropology, and more, consider culture in the context of the cosmos. How does our knowledge of cosmic evolution affect terrestrial culture? Conversely, how does our knowledge of cultural evolution affect our thinking about possible cultures in the cosmos? Are life, mind, and culture of fundamental significance to the grand story of the cosmos that has generated its own self-understanding through science, rational reasoning, and mathematics? Book includes bibliographical references and an index.
Author : Douglas A. Vakoch
Publisher : U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
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Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication written by Douglas A. Vakoch and published by U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration. This book was released on 2014 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are we alone? asks the writeup on the back cover of the dust jacket. The contributors to this collection raise questions that may have been overlooked by physical scientists about the ease of establishing meaningful communication with an extraterrestrial intelligence. By drawing on issues at the core of contemporary archaeology and anthropology, we can be much better prepared for contact with an extraterrestrial civilization, should that day ever come. NASA SP-2013-4413.
Author : C. V. Anderson
Publisher : Nova Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781590331651
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (316 download)
Download or read book National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) written by C. V. Anderson and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Aeronautics & Space Administration (Nasa) Background, Issues, Bibliography
