Beyond Blue Skies - The Rocket Plane Programs That Led to the Space Age

Beyond Blue Skies examines the thirty-year period after World War II during which aviation experienced an unprecedented era of progress that led the United States to the boundaries of outer space.

 

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Abbreviations and Definitions
Part 1. Breaking Barriers
1. A New Breed of Aircraft
2. Like a Speeding Bullet
3. A New Pretender
4. The Race to Mach 2
5. Facing the Heat
6. The End of the Beginning
Part 2. America's First Spaceship
7. The Hypersonic Challenge
8. Higher and Faster
9. The Follow-On
10. Failure to Launch
Part 3. The Lifting Bodies
11. Look Ma, No Wings!
12. The Heavyweights
13. Racehorses and Unrealized Plans
Epilogue
Sources
Index

About the author

Chris Petty is a space and aviation enthusiast and author of The High Frontier blog. His articles have appeared on Adam Savage’s Tested site and the Space Review. Dennis R. Jenkins is the project director for the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center. He worked as a contractor to NASA for thirty-three years in a variety of engineering and management roles.
 

Summary

Beyond Blue Skies examines the thirty-year period after World War II during which aviation experienced an unprecedented era of progress that led the United States to the boundaries of outer space.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Petty, Chris/ Jenkins Petty
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781496218766
• ISBN: 978-1-4962-1876-6
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight; Outward Odyssey: A People's Hi
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Aircraft, space travel; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous