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Reed, R. Dale; Lister, Darlene

 
9780813156279: Wingless Flight: The Lifting Body Story
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ISBN 10: 0813156270 ISBN 13: 9780813156279
Editorial: The University Press of Kentucky, 2014

Sinopsis

Most lifting bodies, or "flying bathtubs" as they were called, were so ugly only an engineer could love them, and yet, what an elegant way to keep wings from burning off in supersonic flight between earth and orbit. Working in their spare time (because they couldn't initially get official permission), Dale Reed and his team of engineers demonstrated the potential of the design that led to the Space Shuttle. Wingless Flight takes us behind the scenes with just the right blend of technical information and fascinating detail (the crash of M2-F2 found new life as the opening credit for TV's "The Six Million Dollar Man"). The flying bathtub, itself, is finding new life as the proposed escape-pod for the Space Station.

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R. Dale Reed retired from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in 1985 but still works with NASA as a contract engineer. He has authored numerous articles and technical reports, managed nineteen NASA programs, including the flight test of a prototype Mars airplane, and acquired four patents.

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Editorial
The University Press of Kentucky
Año de publicación
2014
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0813156270
ISBN 13 
9780813156279
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
258
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