Orders of magnitude : a history of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990 / by Roger E. Bilstein.
Series: NASA history series | NASA SP (Series) ; 4406.Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division : [United States Government Printing Office], 1989Description: x, 167 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics -- History
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- History
- United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- USA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Raumfahrt
- Geschichte
- Raumfahrt
- Geschichte
- United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics History
- United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration History
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- TL521.312 .B56 1989
- Affiliation: University of Houston.
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Revised edition of: Orders of magnitude / by Frank W. Anderson, Jr.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-155) and index.
Chapter 1. NACA Origins (1915-1930) -- Chapter 2. New Facilities, New Designs (1930-1945) -- Chapter 3. Going Supersonic (1945-1958) -- Chapter 4. On the Fringes of Space (1958-1964) -- Chapter 5. Tortoise Becomes Hare (1964-1969) -- Chapter 6. Aerospace Dividends (1969-1973) -- Chapter 7. On the Eve of the Shuttle (1973-1980) -- Chapter 8. Aerospace Flights (1980-1986) -- Chapter 9: New Directions (Since 1986) -- Summary -- Bibliographic Essay.
Affiliation: University of Houston.
This volume provides a concise history of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and its successor agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of NACA. S/N 033-000-01053-2: $6.00.