Roger d launius biography sampler
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NACA to NASA to Now
The Frontiers of Air and Space in the American Century
By Roger D. Launius
NACA to NASA to Now: The Frontiers of Air and Space in the American Century tells the story of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and its successor, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The NACA and NASA facilitated the advance of technology for flight in air and space throughout the 20th and into the 21st century. This book explores how and why aerospace technology took the course it did, discusses some of the key people who drove aerospace science and technology development, and examines the political, economic, managerial, international, and cultural contexts in which the events of flight have unfolded.
The U.S. government explicitly challenged the NACA in to accelerate aeronautical research and to further the capability of the United States to push back the frontiers of flight. After more than 40 ye
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Exploring the Unknown
Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program
This seven-volume documentary history is an essential reference for anyone interested in the history of the U.S. civil space program and its development over time. Each volume deals with specific issues in the development of the space program and includes more than key documents, many of which were published for the first time. Each is introduced by a headnote providing context, bibliographical details, and background information necessary to understand the document. These are organized into major sections, each beginning with an introductory essay that keys the documents to major events in the history of space exploration.
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Volume I: Organizing for Exploration
Edited by John M. Logsdon, with Linda J. Lear, Jannelle Warren Findley, Ray A. Williamson, and Dwayne A. Day. PDF format (4 MB)
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Access—no single word better describes the primary concern of the exploration and development of space. Every participant in space activities—civil, military, scientific, or commercial—needs affordable, reliable, frequent, and flexible tillgång to space. To Reach the High Frontier details the histories of the various space access vehicles developed in the United States since the birth of the space age in Each case study has been written bygd a expert knowledgeable about the vehicle described and places each system in the larger context of the history of spaceflight. The technical challenge of reaching space with kemikalie rockets, the high costs associated with space launch, the long lead times necessary for scheduling flights, and the poor reliability of the rockets themselves show launch vehicles to be the space program’s most difficult