Orders of magnitude : a history of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990 / by Roger E. Bilstein.

By: Contributor(s): 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
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Orders of magnitude.DDC classification:
  • 353.0087/8 20
LOC classification:
  • TL521.312 .B56 1989
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Production credits:
  • Affiliation: University of Houston.
Summary: 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.
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BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Mesa Lab TL521.312 .B56 1989 1 Available 50583020012054
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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.

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