Roy F Houchin

US Hypersonic Research and Development

The Rise and Fall of 'Dyna-Soar', 1944-1963

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a history of the US military's 'Dyna-Soar' project to build a hypersonic reusable 'space plane', which lasted from 1945 to 1963.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780415654715
• ISBN-10: 0415654718
• Artikelnr.: 36539665

Autorenporträt

Roy F. Houchin II

Inhaltsangabe

1. Establishing a Vision for the Future: Forecasting Potential Enemy Threats, 1944
1952 2. Pushing the State
of
the
Art: Justifying the Need for Routine Access to Space 3. Continuing to Push the State
of
the
Art: The Gathering Consensus for Dyna
Soar 4. The Debate over Manned Military Spaceflight: The Spaceflight Revolution and Dyna
Soar 5. Maintaining the Military Mission 6. Manned Military Space Programs: Interagency Strife 7. Cancellation Conclusion: The Legacy of Dyna
Soar