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John Anderson

X-15

The World's Fastest Rocket Plane and the Pilots Who Ushered in the Space Age

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In X-15, the exciting story of the X-15 - the iconic rocket plane of the Cold War space race - is recounted by John Anderson, curator of aerodynamics at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. This experimental space plane was on the cutting edge of hypersonic aerodynamics, and its winged reentry from space foreshadowed the development of the Space Shuttle decades later. Launched from the wing of a modified B-52 bomber - again foretelling a concept that would be used decades later, in this case by Space Ship One and Space Ship Two - the ship rocketed higher and faster than any manned aircraft of the time. Designed to approach seven tim… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Passman, Richard
  • ISBN: 978-1-61058-927-7
  • EAN: 9781610589277
  • Produktnummer: 35540658
  • Verlag: Zenith Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
  • Seitenangabe: 144 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 19'105 KB
  • Abbildungen: 150 color & 25 b-w photos

Über den Autor


John Anderson (Washington, D.C.) is the curator of aerodynamics at the National Air and Space Museum and a former professor of aerodynamics at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of many books about aviation and aerodynamics, both trade titles and textbooks.www.si.edu/ofg/Staffhp/andersonj.htm

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