NASA at 50: Interviews with NASA's Senior Leadership
by Rebecca Wright, Sandra Johnson, Steven J. Dick
Publisher: NASA 2012
ISBN-13: 9780160914478
Number of pages: 359
Description:
The 50th anniversary of NASA on 1 October 2008 found an agency in the midst of deep transition. This volume provides a snapshot of the thinking of NASA senior leadership on the occasion of its 50th anniversary and in the midst of these sea changes.
Download or read it online for free here:
Download link
(multiple formats)
Similar books
Facing the Heat Barrier: A History of Hypersonicsby T. A. Heppenheimer - NASA
Hypersonics is the study of flight at speeds where aerodynamic heating dominates the physics of the problem. Typically this is Mach 5 and higher. Hypersonics is an engineering science with close links to supersonics and engine design.
(10272 views)
Wind Tunnelsby Satoru Okamoto - InTech
This book collects original research studies on recent applications in wind tunnel tests, exhibiting various investigation directions and providing a bird's eye view on this broad subject area. Addressed to researchers and professional engineers.
(14988 views)
Wingless Flight: The Lifting Body Storyby R. Dale Reed - NASA History Office
A story of the most unusual flying machines ever flown, the lifting bodies. It is a story about the engineers who committed a significant part of their lives to prove that the concept was a viable one for use in spacecraft of the future.
(11572 views)
The Wind and Beyondby James R. Hansen, - NASA History Office
A documentary journey into the history of aerodynamics in America. How ideas about aerodynamics first developed and how the technology evolved to forge the airplane into the revolutionary machine is the epic story told in this book.
(10168 views)